Default Devices for ODS Destinations

Each ODS destination has a default device. Default Devices and Styles for Commonly Used ODS Destinations summarizes this information for the most commonly used destinations. These default devices are used to generate output for each open destination unless you override the default device as described in Overriding the Default Device.

Default Devices and Styles for Commonly Used ODS Destinations

ODS destination	Default device	Default style	Default output	Recommended devices
LISTING	WIN (Windows) XCOLOR (UNIX) IBMPCGX (z/OS)	Listing	Graphics output is displayed in the GRAPH window.1	All devices2 except JAVA and ACTIVEX
HTML	PNG	HTMLBlue	HTML and PNG file	PNG GIF JPEG JAVA JAVAIMG ACTIVEX ACTXIMG SVG JAVAMETA GIFANIM
RTF	SASEMF	Rtf	RTF file (with embedded metafile)	SASEMF PNG JPEG JAVAIMG ACTIVEX ACTXIMG
PDF	SASPRTC	Printer	PDF file	SASPRTC (color) SASPRTG (gray scale) SASPRTM (monochrome)
PRINTER	SASPRTC	Printer	Controlled by the PRINTERPATH= system option (and by the SYSPRINT= system option on Windows)3	SASPRTC (color) SASPRTG (gray scale) SASPRTM (monochrome)
1The default devices for the LISTING destination do not write image files to disk. However, you can produce files on disk by specifying a device that produces an image file (such as GIF, PNG, and so on), with the DEVICE= option in the GOPTION statement.
2JAVAMETA is supported for the LISTING destination, but its output requires processing with the Metaview applet.
3In Windows, if the PRINTERPATH= option is not specified, then SAS uses the setting of the SYSPRINT= system option. If neither the SYSPRINT= nor the PRINTERPATH= option has been set, then SAS uses the default Windows printer.