topic Re: Restricting Data Download Permissions in SAS in Administration and Deployment

Restricting Data Download Permissions in SAS

aasadi — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:53:39 GMT

Hi SAS team,

I would like to configure permissions in SAS Viya (PAy-As-You-Go) in Azure so that users are not able to download data from the application (including any storage locations such as SAS Studio) to their local machines or external locations.

Does SAS support this functionality? If so, how can it be set up?

I’d greatly appreciate detailed instructions on how to configure this.

Thanks!

Re: Restricting Data Download Permissions in SAS

gwootton — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:49:54 GMT

You can create rules to limit access to functionality in the various applications:

Access To Functionality: Application URIs
https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/sasadmincdc/v_068/calatf/n0o6xx292jn2jmn1pnj3s3oqcebw.htm

The /dataPreparation_capabilities/exportTable URI controls the ability to download a table.

Limit Access to the Download Table Option:
https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/sasadmincdc/v_068/datahub/p0m6sdzan2fadwn1d9hiiyu18i49.htm#p0nokj409ak0fvn1nxg1vzact5xs

In SAS Studio, there is a configuration option toggle "allowDownload" to limit the ability to download.

studio - allowDownload
https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/sasadmincdc/v_068/calconfigref/n1gummgwr982rsn1ffv0aq4ma88x.htm