https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-create-a-read-only-view-of-SAS-MDS-for-the-new-joiners/m-p/298283#M6041 <P>Not sure if the acronym MDS is generally accepted. Do you refer to Meta Data Server?</P> <P>If those users should have RO on all metadata even in other tools, then you should be able to use metadata right/authorization to control this.</P> <P>You can also play with the different roles/capabilities&nbsp;that are defined for SMC (SAS Management Console).</P> <P>But since SMC is a client that needs a local installation, and is rather technical, I doubt that every new user can benefit from using it, without&nbsp;proper education. Perhaps you could&nbsp;extract&nbsp;the most interesting&nbsp;things and put in a PPT?</P> <P>Things like folders and data are usually available&nbsp;through any other SAS client.</P> <P>Another option is to look at Environment Manager. A truly thin client, and will over time replace SMC.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:56:52 GMT LinusH 2016-09-14T11:56:52Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-create-a-read-only-view-of-SAS-MDS-for-the-new-joiners/m-p/298246#M6031 <P>Hi there</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Few of new joiners have started at our place, just wondering if it is possible to create a ready-only view of SAS MDS. They should be able to navigate through the SAS Management Console but can't modify anything? Is this possible?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> <P>Abhi</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:38:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-create-a-read-only-view-of-SAS-MDS-for-the-new-joiners/m-p/298246#M6031 Abhijit 2016-09-14T08:38:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-create-a-read-only-view-of-SAS-MDS-for-the-new-joiners/m-p/298283#M6041 <P>Not sure if the acronym MDS is generally accepted. Do you refer to Meta Data Server?</P> <P>If those users should have RO on all metadata even in other tools, then you should be able to use metadata right/authorization to control this.</P> <P>You can also play with the different roles/capabilities&nbsp;that are defined for SMC (SAS Management Console).</P> <P>But since SMC is a client that needs a local installation, and is rather technical, I doubt that every new user can benefit from using it, without&nbsp;proper education. Perhaps you could&nbsp;extract&nbsp;the most interesting&nbsp;things and put in a PPT?</P> <P>Things like folders and data are usually available&nbsp;through any other SAS client.</P> <P>Another option is to look at Environment Manager. A truly thin client, and will over time replace SMC.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:56:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-create-a-read-only-view-of-SAS-MDS-for-the-new-joiners/m-p/298283#M6041 LinusH 2016-09-14T11:56:52Z