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9.1ODS (OUTPUT DELIVERY SYSTEM)
The output from a SAS program can be converted to more user friendly forms like .html or PDF. This is
done by using the ODS statement available in SAS. It is mostly used to format the output data of a SAS
program to nice reports which are good to look at and understand.

Syntax:
ODS outputtype
PATH path name
FILE = Filename and Path
STYLE = StyleName
;
PROC some proc
;
ODS outputtype CLOSE;

9.2Two task perform by ODS:
1) Decide the destination where result should be displayed.
2) Decide the look of the system, how the result should look like.

Destinations Type of Formats
Listing Standard SAS Output

HTML Hypertext Markup Language

RTF Rich Text Format

PDF Portable Document Format

Template:

Table: This specifies basic structure of your output

Eg.which variable will go to which column

Style : This will decide how your output will look like

Eg. Color and size of the font

Output Object:Ods combines the data produced by the procedures and Table template and together they
are called as Output Object.

This output object is combined with the style template and sent to the final destination

ODS TRACE Statements:

ODS TRACE ON; / ODS TRACE OFF;

It Tells SAS to print information about Output object in your SAS log.

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