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 HTML 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 about ODS destinations, see SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.
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
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
LISTING
SAS output listing
Listing
PNG
100
OUTPUT
SAS data set
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
HTML
HTML file for online viewing
Default
PNG
100
LATEX (footnote1)
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
FOOTNOTE 1:LATEX is an experimental tagset. Do not use this tagset in production jobs. [return]