diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/components/ActionButtons/ActionButtons.jsx b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/components/ActionButtons/ActionButtons.jsx
index 722471ca1e..68a63b258d 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/components/ActionButtons/ActionButtons.jsx
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/components/ActionButtons/ActionButtons.jsx
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useRef } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Dropdown from '@js/components/Dropdown';
 import Message from '@mapstore/framework/components/I18N/Message';
 import FaIcon from '@js/components/FaIcon';
+import { canCopyResource } from '@js/utils/ResourceUtils';
 
+// this is a workaround based on the current structure of actions in card options
+// new version will centralize this logic inside the correspondent plugins
+const checkAction = {
+    'delete': (resource) => !!resource?.perms?.includes('delete_resourcebase'),
+    // we assume tha the add_resource check has been checked in parent elements
+    'copy': (resource) => canCopyResource(resource, { perms: ['add_resource'] }),
+    'download': (resource) => !!(resource?.download_url && resource?.perms?.includes('download_resourcebase'))
+};
 function ActionButtons({
     options,
     actions,
@@ -20,16 +29,18 @@ function ActionButtons({
     onDownload
 }) {
 
-    // do not render if the options only contain download or copy or both without meeting their requirements
-    if (options?.every(({action}) => action !== 'delete')) {
-        if (options?.every(({action}) => (action === 'download' && !resource.download_url) || (['copy'].includes(action) && !resource.is_copyable & !resource.download_url))) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
+    const containerNode = useRef();
+    const dropdownClassName = 'gn-card-dropdown';
+    const dropdownNode = containerNode?.current?.querySelector(`.${dropdownClassName}`);
+    const isDropdownEmpty = (dropdownNode?.children?.length || 0) === 0;
 
     return (
-        <div className="gn-resource-action-buttons">
+        <div
+            ref={containerNode}
+            className="gn-resource-action-buttons"
+            onClick={event => event.stopPropagation()}
+            style={isDropdownEmpty ? { display: 'none' } : {}}
+        >
             <Dropdown className="gn-card-options" pullRight>
                 <Dropdown.Toggle
                     id={`gn-card-options-${resource.pk2 || resource.pk}`}
@@ -39,11 +50,12 @@ function ActionButtons({
                 >
                     <FaIcon name="ellipsis-v" />
                 </Dropdown.Toggle>
-                <Dropdown.Menu className={`gn-card-dropdown`}>
+                <Dropdown.Menu className={dropdownClassName}>
                     {options.map((opt) => {
                         if ((opt.type === 'button' && actions[opt.action]) || opt.action === 'download') {
-                            return (
-                                ((opt.action === 'download' && resource.download_url) || (opt.action !== 'copy' && opt.action !== 'download') || (resource?.is_copyable && opt.action !== 'download')) && <Dropdown.Item
+                            const checkFunc = checkAction[opt.action];
+                            return (!checkFunc || checkFunc(resource))
+                                ? (<Dropdown.Item
                                     key={opt.action}
                                     onClick={() =>
                                         opt.action !== 'download' ? onAction(actions[opt.action], [
@@ -53,8 +65,8 @@ function ActionButtons({
                                 >
                                     <FaIcon name={opt.icon} />{' '}
                                     <Message msgId={opt.labelId} />
-                                </Dropdown.Item>
-                            );
+                                </Dropdown.Item>)
+                                : null;
                         }
 
                         return (
diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/plugins/SaveAs.jsx b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/plugins/SaveAs.jsx
index 645e4ceb9d..61ac1e3266 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/plugins/SaveAs.jsx
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/plugins/SaveAs.jsx
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import { createPlugin } from '@mapstore/framework/utils/PluginsUtils';
 import { setControlProperty } from '@mapstore/framework/actions/controls';
 import Message from '@mapstore/framework/components/I18N/Message';
-import { Glyphicon } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import { mapInfoSelector } from '@mapstore/framework/selectors/map';
-import { isLoggedIn } from '@mapstore/framework/selectors/security';
+import { userSelector } from '@mapstore/framework/selectors/security';
 import Button from '@js/components/Button';
 import {
     saveContent,
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import {
     getResourceDirtyState
 } from '@js/selectors/resource';
 import { ProcessTypes } from '@js/utils/ResourceServiceUtils';
+import { canCopyResource } from '@js/utils/ResourceUtils';
 import { processResources } from '@js/actions/gnresource';
 import { getCurrentResourceCopyLoading } from '@js/selectors/resourceservice';
 
@@ -133,15 +133,28 @@ function SaveAsButton({
     ;
 }
 
+const canCopyResourceFunction = (state) => {
+    return (resource) => {
+        const user = userSelector(state);
+        if (!user) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const isResourceNew = isNewResource(state);
+        const canAdd = canAddResource(state);
+        if (isResourceNew && canAdd) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return canCopyResource(resource, user);
+    };
+};
+
 const ConnectedSaveAsButton = connect(
     createSelector(
-        isLoggedIn,
-        canAddResource,
         getResourceData,
         getResourceDirtyState,
-        isNewResource,
-        (loggedIn, userCanAddResource, resource, dirtyState, isResourceNew) => ({
-            enabled: loggedIn && userCanAddResource && (resource?.is_copyable || isResourceNew),
+        canCopyResourceFunction,
+        (resource, dirtyState, canCopy) => ({
+            enabled: !!canCopy(resource),
             resource,
             disabled: !!dirtyState
         })
@@ -154,20 +167,6 @@ const ConnectedSaveAsButton = connect(
 export default createPlugin('SaveAs', {
     component: SaveAsPlugin,
     containers: {
-        BurgerMenu: {
-            name: 'saveAs',
-            position: 30,
-            text: <Message msgId="saveAs"/>,
-            icon: <Glyphicon glyph="floppy-open"/>,
-            action: setControlProperty.bind(null, 'saveAs', null),
-            selector: createSelector(
-                isLoggedIn,
-                canAddResource,
-                (loggedIn, userCanAddResource) => ({
-                    style: (loggedIn && userCanAddResource) ? {} : { display: 'none' }
-                })
-            )
-        },
         ActionNavbar: {
             name: 'SaveAs',
             Component: ConnectedSaveAsButton
diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/ResourceUtils.js b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/ResourceUtils.js
index 8a8d0069af..26b039aa06 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/ResourceUtils.js
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/ResourceUtils.js
@@ -585,13 +585,19 @@ export const parseMapConfig = (mapResponse, resource = {}) => {
     };
 };
 
-/**
-* Util to check if resosurce can be cloned (Save As)
+/*
+* Util to check if resource can be cloned (Save As)
 * Requirements for copying are 'add_resource' permission and is_copyable property on resource
+* the dataset and document need also the download_resourcebase permission
 */
 export const canCopyResource = (resource, user) => {
     const canAdd = user?.perms?.includes('add_resource');
     const canCopy = resource?.is_copyable;
+    const resourceType = resource?.resource_type;
+    if ([ResourceTypes.DATASET, ResourceTypes.DOCUMENT].includes(resourceType)) {
+        const canDownload = !!resource?.perms?.includes('download_resourcebase');
+        return (canAdd && canCopy && canDownload) ? true : false;
+    }
     return (canAdd && canCopy) ? true : false;
 };
 
diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/__tests__/ResourceUtils-test.js b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/__tests__/ResourceUtils-test.js
index f81327b28f..c68a88097c 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/__tests__/ResourceUtils-test.js
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/js/utils/__tests__/ResourceUtils-test.js
@@ -422,11 +422,19 @@ describe('Test Resource Utils', () => {
         expect(pasrsedStyleName).toBe('test:testName');
     });
 
-    it('should test canCopyResource', () => {
-        const resource = { is_copyable: true };
+    it('should test canCopyResource with different resource type', () => {
         const user = { perms: ['add_resource'] };
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'dataset', perms: ['download_resourcebase'], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(true);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'document', perms: ['download_resourcebase'], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(true);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'map', perms: [], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(true);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'geostory', perms: [], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(true);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'dashboard', perms: [], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(true);
 
-        expect(canCopyResource(resource, user)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'dataset', perms: [], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(false);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'document', perms: [], is_copyable: true }, user)).toBe(false);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'map', perms: [] }, user)).toBe(false);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'geostory', perms: [] }, user)).toBe(false);
+        expect(canCopyResource({ resource_type: 'dashboard', perms: [] }, user)).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('should test excludeDeletedResources', () => {
diff --git a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/static/mapstore/configs/localConfig.json b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/static/mapstore/configs/localConfig.json
index 3bfaf8b52a..9385067f4f 100644
--- a/geonode_mapstore_client/client/static/mapstore/configs/localConfig.json
+++ b/geonode_mapstore_client/client/static/mapstore/configs/localConfig.json
@@ -450,10 +450,6 @@
                         {
                             "type": "user",
                             "value": "add_resource"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "type": "resource",
-                            "value": "download_resourcebase"
                         }
                     ]
                 },