https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/311799#M21065 <P>In the next couple of weeks, your SAS Enterprise Guide v7.1x installations will&nbsp;<STRONG>light up</STRONG> with a message that a new version is available: v7.13. &nbsp;One of the cool features of v7.13 is the inclusion of the&nbsp;<STRONG>Copy Files</STRONG> task -- a handy utility often discussed here on the forum.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Previously a custom task that you had to download and install, the Copy Files task is now part of the package. &nbsp;It appears in the Tasks-&gt;Data menu (near the Upload and Download Data Sets tasks). &nbsp;This means that it will&nbsp;<STRONG>no longer appear</STRONG> in the Tools-&gt;Add-In menu, even if you had installed the custom task version. &nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The task works exactly the same way, and your projects that use the task won't change. &nbsp;But the menu location will be different -- as an official task,&nbsp;<STRONG>Copy Files</STRONG> gets to move "uptown" to the official menus.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>See more <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/14/copy-files-task-moved-menus/" target="_self">details in my blog post here</A>.</P> Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:01:19 GMT ChrisHemedinger 2016-11-15T18:01:19Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/311799#M21065 <P>In the next couple of weeks, your SAS Enterprise Guide v7.1x installations will&nbsp;<STRONG>light up</STRONG> with a message that a new version is available: v7.13. &nbsp;One of the cool features of v7.13 is the inclusion of the&nbsp;<STRONG>Copy Files</STRONG> task -- a handy utility often discussed here on the forum.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Previously a custom task that you had to download and install, the Copy Files task is now part of the package. &nbsp;It appears in the Tasks-&gt;Data menu (near the Upload and Download Data Sets tasks). &nbsp;This means that it will&nbsp;<STRONG>no longer appear</STRONG> in the Tools-&gt;Add-In menu, even if you had installed the custom task version. &nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The task works exactly the same way, and your projects that use the task won't change. &nbsp;But the menu location will be different -- as an official task,&nbsp;<STRONG>Copy Files</STRONG> gets to move "uptown" to the official menus.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>See more <A href="http://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/14/copy-files-task-moved-menus/" target="_self">details in my blog post here</A>.</P> Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:01:19 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/311799#M21065 ChrisHemedinger 2016-11-15T18:01:19Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/334412#M22233 <P>I think this is great news for me as an admin because our security team is going to start blocking SSH port 22 that is used for SFTP.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm assuming the copy task uses a SAS port and if SAS/Secure is enabled, that the transmission is encrypted.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you know if this is the case?</P> Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:30:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/334412#M22233 kevind 2017-02-20T18:30:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/334510#M22245 <P>Yes, with SAS/Secure in place and configured, all data is encrypted on the wire. &nbsp;That includes the FileService API used by SAS Integration Technologies, which is how this task works.</P> Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:47:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/The-Copy-Files-task-is-an-official-task-now/m-p/334510#M22245 ChrisHemedinger 2017-02-20T23:47:58Z