Data Controller for SAS® - Use Cases and Features
Data Controller for SAS® - Use Cases and Features
August 12, 2026 / in Announcements / by Data Controller

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 for details.

Data Controller

Data Controller is the product of a UK company with a singular focus on SAS Web Apps.

Source Code

Data Controller source is on our self-hosted Gitea Repository; the underlying SASjs framework is on GitHub.

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