The Complete Guide to the SAS Output Delivery System, Version 8






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P A R T 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 1 􀀀 Getting Started with the Output Delivery System 3
What Is the Output Delivery System? 3
Creating Listing Output 4
Creating Printer Output 4
Creating HTML Output 6
Identifying Output Objects 8
Selecting Output Objects to Send to ODS Destinations 10
Creating an Output Data Set 12
Storing Links in the Results Folder 14
Customizing Procedure Results 16

Chapter 2 􀀀 Basic Concepts of the Output Delivery System 21

Creating Output with ODS 21
ODS Destinations 23
Using Selection and Exclusion Lists 23
Understanding Some HTML Basics 30
HTML Links and References 31
Files Produced by the HTML Destination 36
Customizing ODS Output 41
P A R T 2 Reference 45
Chapter 3 􀀀 The ODS Statements 47
Overview 47
What Does Each ODS Statement Do? 48
Examples 73
Chapter 4 􀀀 Using the Output Delivery System in the DATA Step 105
Overview 105
Statement Syntax for Use with ODS 105
Examples 114
Chapter 5 􀀀 The TEMPLATE Procedure 131
Overview 131
Concepts 132
Procedure Syntax 156
Examples 233

P A R T 3 Appendices 273

Appendix 1 􀀀 Alternative ODS HTML Statements for Running Examples in Different
Operating Environments 275
Using an OS/390 UNIX System Services HFS Directory for HTML Output 275
Using an OS/390 PDSE for EBCDIC HTML Output 275
Using an OS/390 PDSE for ASCII HTML Output 276
Using CMS to Create EBCDIC HTML Output 276
Using CMS to Create ASCII HTML Output 277
Appendix 2 􀀀 SAS Programs 279
Creating the Charity Data Set 279
Creating the STATEPOP Data Set 282
Programs that Illustrate Inheritance 283
Index 297