https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957542#M21034 <P>Thank you for the response.</P><P>No there was no issue with the downloading of sasdata, I was unsure if such restrictions could be done with SAS.</P><P>I will look into restrictions on an OS level</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:39:42 GMT Jed_Klei 2025-01-29T07:39:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/956964#M21030 <P>Hi&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am currently trying to find a way to limit/restrict the downloading of sas data to a users local machine.</P><P>Is it possible to limit a single data set to be downloaded a certain amount of times ?</P><P>Using sas 9.4 M8 on a windows server.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you for the response.</P> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:11:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/956964#M21030 Jed_Klei 2025-01-23T10:11:15Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957086#M21031 <P>There's nothing OOTB that I know of.</P> <P>To prevent downloads is more of an infrastructure question, not necessary SAS.</P> <P>No of downloads sounds like application logic.</P> <P>What interfaces/applications do the users have to access the data?</P> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:20:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957086#M21031 LinusH 2025-01-24T10:20:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957213#M21032 <P>Is this the result of an IT security rule or some other issue?&nbsp; It is worth bearing in mind that some SAS interfaces simply wont work if SAS data cannot be downloaded. For example, the SAS Add-In to MS Excel pulls SAS datasets into spreadsheets on your local PC if that is where you run Excel.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I've heard of users being restricted to using virtual PCs for this type of security reason, but that would require major IT infrastructure changes.</P> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:24:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957213#M21032 SASKiwi 2025-01-25T03:24:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957541#M21033 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>They use their local machine applications, which include EG8 and Enterprise Miner.</P><P>Most files are saved to a shared network drive.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:32:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957541#M21033 Jed_Klei 2025-01-29T07:32:04Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957542#M21034 <P>Thank you for the response.</P><P>No there was no issue with the downloading of sasdata, I was unsure if such restrictions could be done with SAS.</P><P>I will look into restrictions on an OS level</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:39:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957542#M21034 Jed_Klei 2025-01-29T07:39:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957552#M21035 If you‘re concerned about storage consumption on the network share, you need to set quotas there and force the users to clean their own house. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:49:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Management/Restrict-Download-of-SAS-data-to-local-machines-sas-9-4/m-p/957552#M21035 Kurt_Bremser 2025-01-29T10:49:49Z