Restrict Download of SAS data to local machines , sas 9.4

[Jed_Klei]

Hi 

I am currently trying to find a way to limit/restrict the downloading of sas data to a users local machine.

Is it possible to limit a single data set to be downloaded a certain amount of times ?

Using sas 9.4 M8 on a windows server.

Thank you for the response.

[LinusH]

There's nothing OOTB that I know of.

To prevent downloads is more of an infrastructure question, not necessary SAS.

No of downloads sounds like application logic.

What interfaces/applications do the users have to access the data?

[Jed_Klei]

They use their local machine applications, which include EG8 and Enterprise Miner.

Most files are saved to a shared network drive.

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[SASKiwi]

Is this the result of an IT security rule or some other issue?  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.

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.

[Jed_Klei]

Thank you for the response.

No there was no issue with the downloading of sasdata, I was unsure if such restrictions could be done with SAS.

I will look into restrictions on an OS level