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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
24h 21m
English
SAS Institute
Content preview from SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
The following statements create a DATA step view using a password-protected SAS
data set, and drop a sensitive variable:
data mylib.emp / view=mylib.emp;
set mylib.employee(pw=orange drop=salary);
run;
Note that you can use the SAS view without a password, but access to the underlying
data requires a password. This is one way to protect a particular column of data. In the
above example, proc print data=mylib.emp; executes, but proc print
data=mylib.employee; fails without the password.
SAS Data File Encryption
About Encryption on SAS Data Files
SAS passwords restrict access to SAS data files within SAS, but SAS passwords cannot
prevent SAS data files ...
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