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title: 'Some of You Will "Git" This'
description: Pull requests, diffs, hooks, tests and pipelines - for your production data. Data Controller brings the git workflow to master data management in SAS.
date: '2026-08-13 14:00:00'
author: 'Data Controller'
authorLink: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/data_controller
tags:
  - Announcements
previewImg: './gitflow.png'
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# Some of You Will "Git" This

If you could make a "pull request" for production data, how might that look?

Perhaps:

- ✅ A before / after comparison of the values that had changed ([the approvals screen](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dc-userguide/))
- ✅ Security (who can submit / approve in each "repo") ([EDIT vs APPROVE groups](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dcc-security/))
- ✅ Only store the changed data (not full copies)
- ✅ A new "diff" when the base table changes
- ✅ Ability to choose one or more approvers ([`NUM_OF_APPROVALS_REQUIRED`](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dcc-tables/))
- ✅ HOOK scripts before / after a commit ([pre/post edit and approve hooks](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dcc-tables/))
- ✅ Tests (DQ checks) prior to merge ([validation rules](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dcc-validations/))
- ✅ A pipeline following a merge ([post-approve hooks](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dcc-tables/))
- ✅ Emails for "status" changes ([email alerts](https://docs.datacontroller.io/emails/))
- ✅ Comments by reviewers
- ✅ Full history of changes ([the History tab](https://docs.datacontroller.io/dc-userguide/))

Sound familiar? This is exactly how developers have managed *code* for decades - and Data Controller brings the same discipline to *data*. Every edit to a table in SAS® goes through an edit - stage - approve workflow: changes are staged as a diff, checked by validation rules and hook scripts, reviewed and approved by the people you choose, then loaded. The audit trail captures who changed what, when and why - the `git blame` of master data.

If you're ready to "commit" to Data Control, we invite you to "clone" the latest version of [Data Controller for SAS®](https://datacontroller.io) - which has ALL these features - and "push" to your "main" environment for some "master" data management!

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Some of you will "git" this..

If you could make a "pull request" for production data, how might that look?

Perhaps:

✅ A before / after comparison of the values that had changed
✅ Security (who can submit / approve in each "repo")
✅ Only store the changed data (not full copies)
✅ A new "diff" when the base table changes
✅ Ability to choose one or more approvers
✅ HOOK scripts before / after a commit
✅ Tests (DQ checks) prior to merge
✅ A pipeline following a merge
✅ Emails for "status" changes
✅ Comments by reviewers
✅ Full history of changes

Sound familiar? This is exactly how developers have managed CODE for decades - and Data Controller brings the same discipline to DATA. Every edit to a table in SAS® goes through an edit - stage - approve workflow: changes are staged as a diff, checked by validation rules and hook scripts, reviewed and approved by the people you choose, then loaded. The audit trail captures who changed what, when and why - the "git blame" of master data.

If you're ready to "commit" to Data Control, we invite you to "clone" the latest version of Data Controller for SAS - which has ALL these features - and "push" to your "main" environment for some "master" data management!

Link in the comments below 👇

#dataops #mdm #masterdata #dataquality #sas #sasjs #datagove
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