SAS glossary
Definitions used throughout the SAS documentation.
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| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Composer | A SAS component used to configure a specific kind of integration or data behavior. |
| Data set | Stored platform data that can be used as a source or target. Some product screens use the term entity. |
| Request | One configured API call in API Composer. |
| Sequence | Requests that run in order and can pass values to later requests. |
| Environment | Shared addresses, credentials, headers, and variables for API Composer. |
| Data Context | Values kept in memory during one API Composer sequence run. |
| Dataflow | A visual design and the data set rebuilt by its imports. |
| Functoid | A reusable transformation operation in Dataflow Composer. |
| Endpoint | One published object at one runtime address. |
| Security profile | The API-key configuration used to protect Endpoint Composer endpoints. |
| Deliverable | A published API Composer entity output that can be started by the wider platform. |
| Runnable | A published whole API Composer sequence or stand-alone request. |
| Import | In Dataflow Composer, the run that rebuilds the dataflow output. In API Composer, loading exported configuration. |
Additional platform terms
Process Control — the ability to design, execute, monitor, steer, explain, and improve an end-to-end process.
Operational Activity — a recurring or event-driven control activity that checks whether the actual situation still matches a policy or expected state.
Decision Matrix — a structured comparison of dimensions, such as role, location, contract type, or risk, that determines an outcome.
CMP — SAS Cloud Management Platform; the management and service-delivery plane above SAS runtime instances.
Living process documentation — documentation generated from structured process configuration, history, logging, policies, and actual outcomes.
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