Managing Your Graphics With ODS

Managing ODS Destinations

ODS supports multiple destinations for procedure output. The most frequently used destinations are LISTING, HTML, RTF, and PDF, although many more destinations are available.

ODS destinations can be open or closed. When a destination is open, ODS can send output to it, and when a destination is closed, ODS cannot send output to it. You can have several destinations open at the same time, and SAS will send output to each destination. The LISTING destination is open by default.

An open destination always uses system resources. It is best to close any destinations if you do not need the output from that destination.

Note: For more information on ODS destinations, see SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide. [cautionend]

The following table lists the ODS destinations and the default type of output that results from each destination.

Relevant Destination Table
Destinations	Results	Default Style	Default ImgFmt	Default DPI
DOCUMENT	ODS document	N/A	N/A	N/A
LISTING	SAS output listing	Listing	PNG	100
OUTPUT	SAS data set	N/A	N/A	N/A
HTML	HTML file for online viewing	Default	PNG	100
LATEX (table note 1)	LaTeX file	Default	PostScript	200
PRINTER	printable output in one of three different formats: PCL, PDF, or PS (PostScript)	Printer for PDF and PS, monochromePrinter for PCL	Embedded PNG	150
RTF	output written in Rich Text Format for use with Microsoft Word 2000	RTF	Embedded PNG	200
Measured RTF		RTF	Embedded	200

TABLE NOTE 1: LATEX is an experimental tagset. Do not use this tagset in production jobs.

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