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title: 'Data Controller for SAS® - Use Cases and Features'
description: A rundown of Data Controller use cases and features - from secure data capture and approval workflows to SCD2 load routines, validation rules, and data lineage.
date: '2026-08-12 09:00:00'
author: 'Data Controller'
authorLink: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/data-controller-for-sas
tags:
  - Announcements
previewImg: './usecases.jpeg'
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# Data Controller for SAS® - Use Cases and Features

What can you actually *do* with Data Controller? Here's the rundown:

- Data viewer with search, filter, and URL links - without table locks
- Secure data (stop end-user write access to production tables)
- Configure inputs in seconds (vs days or weeks for ETL jobs)
- Preconfigured load routines including SCD2 and Bitemporal
- Avoid exposing sensitive data in unsecured staging areas
- Enable SAS workflows (trigger a SAS job on data change)
- Prevent spreadsheet changes from halting batch flows
- Email alerts when data is changed / about to change
- Audit manual overrides on regulatory reporting data
- Four-eyes (or more) approval for all data changes
- View and amend formats in SAS format catalogs
- Export DDL in SAS, TSQL or PGSQL format
- Explore SAS 9 metadata and data lineage
- Work with special SAS missing numerics
- Upload password-protected Excel files
- Upload directly from CSV or Excel
- Composite / retained key support
- Enforce data quality at source
- Column and Row Level Security
- Advanced validation rules

Our software is used and trusted (in production) by:

- Governments
- Insurers
- Pharma
- Banks

Plus various other industry sectors - references available.

Would you like to kick the tyres? [Get in touch](/contact) for details.

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Data Controller for SAS® Use Cases and Features:

✓ Data viewer with search, filter, and URL links - without table locks
✓ Secure data (stop end-user write access to production tables)
✓ Configure inputs in seconds (vs days or weeks for ETL jobs)
✓ Preconfigured load routines including SCD2 and Bitemporal
✓ Avoid exposing sensitive data in unsecured staging areas
✓ Enable SAS workflows (trigger a SAS job on data change)
✓ Prevent spreadsheet changes from halting batch flows
✓ Email alerts when data is changed / about to change
✓ Audit manual overrides on regulatory reporting data
✓ Four-eyes (or more) approval for all data changes
✓ View and amend formats in SAS format catalogs
✓ Export DDL in SAS, TSQL or PGSQL format
✓ Explore SAS 9 metadata and data lineage
✓ Work with special SAS missing numerics
✓ Upload password-protected Excel files
✓ Upload directly from CSV or Excel
✓ Composite / retained key support
✓ Enforce data quality at source
✓ Column and Row Level Security
✓ Advanced validation rules

Our software is used and trusted (in production) by:

- Governments
- Insurers
- Pharma
- Banks

Plus various other industry sectors - references available.

Would you like to kick the tires? DM for details.

#sas #sasviya #dataquality #datacapture

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Flat vector illustration, dark slate blue background (#314351), wide 1.91:1 banner. A clean modern data dashboard interface floating in the centre showing a data grid/table with a search bar and filter icons. Around it, a neat ring of small white and light-grey icons representing governance features: a padlock (security), a magnifying glass over rows (audit), two checkmarks side by side (4-eyes approval), an envelope (email alerts), an Excel/spreadsheet icon with an upward arrow (upload), a branching flow diagram (workflow/lineage), and a shield with a tick (data quality). Thin connecting lines link the icons to the central dashboard, suggesting control and flow. Minimal, professional, corporate SaaS style; subtle depth with soft shadows; accent colour a muted red-orange (#d3531a) used sparingly on one or two icons. No text, no words, no letters. High contrast, crisp edges, suitable as a LinkedIn post image.
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