Hi @qwertytam -
With SAS Viya, we can access CRSP data directly. If you subscribe to the CRSP data, you can request the data as SAS datasets. Then, you can access them directly as datasets with no need for the SASECRSP engine at all.
To be backwards compatible, we still provide the SASECRSP engine for customers who subscribe to the CRSP API format.
I hope this helps!
Rich