Global statements generally provide information to SAS,
request information or data, move between different modes of execution,
or set values for system options. Other global statements (ODS statements)
deliver output in a variety of formats, such as in Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML). You can use global statements anywhere in a SAS program.
Global statements are not executable; they take effect as soon as
SAS compiles program statements.
Global statements can
be divided into eight functional categories.
For a list of global
statements by category, see Global Statements by Category.Other SAS software products
have additional global statements that are used with those products.
For information, see the SAS documentation for those products.