How SAS works

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How process control and integration meet in the SAS platform.

SAS links two realities:

the business and service process that an organization must control;
the systems, APIs, data, people, and tasks that make that process work.

The operating model

Connect & Integrate — connect APIs, endpoints, services, data stores, and existing applications.
Structure — make data, inputs, actions, decisions, and responsibilities explicit.
Orchestrate — run steps in the required order and coordinate systems and people.
Control — monitor status, SLA, exceptions, permissions, policies, and evidence.
Improve — use results, rework, trends, and operational insight to change the process deliberately.

Current components

Outcome	Component
SAS calls an external REST API	API Composer
An external caller accesses approved SAS data	Endpoint Composer
Data is combined or transformed	Dataflow Composer

Target platform model

The Process Orchestrator becomes the place where the complete flow is designed, executed, monitored, and improved. The Composers and other SAS components remain the building blocks used by that flow.

The SAS Cloud Management Platform sits above runtime instances and manages organizations, environments, access, lifecycle, usage, and partner service delivery.

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