TEMPLATE Procedure: Overview

Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure

PROC TEMPLATE;

DEFINE COLUMN column-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

<column-attribute-1; <...column-attribute-n;>>

statements

END;

DEFINE FOOTER footer-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

<footer-attribute-1; <...footer-attribute-n;>>

statements

END;

DEFINE HEADER template-name </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

<header-attribute-1; <...header-attribute-n;>>

statements

END;

DEFINE STYLE style-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

<PARENT=style-path;>

statements

END;

DEFINE TABLE table-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

<table-attribute-1; <...table-attribute-n;>>

statements

END;

DEFINE TAGSET tagset-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

DEFINE EVENT event-name;

<event-attribute-1; <...event-attribute-n;>>

statements

END;

DEFINE CROSSTABS table-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

statements

END;

DEFINE STATGRAPH graph-path </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

statements

END;

DELETE template-path </ STORE=libref.template-store >;

EDIT template-path-1 <AS template-path-2> </ STORE=libref.template-store > ;

statements-and-attributes

END;

LINK template-path-1 TOtemplate-path-2 </ option(s)>;

LIST <starting-path></ option(s)>;

PATH location(s);

SOURCE template-path </ option(s)>;

TEST DATA=data-set </ STORE=libref.template-store>;

Task		Statement
Create a column template		DEFINE COLUMN
Create a crosstabulation template		DEFINE CROSSTABS
Create a footer template		DEFINE FOOTER
Create a header template		DEFINE HEADER
Create a graph template		DEFINE STATGRAPH
Create a style		DEFINE STYLE
Create a table template		DEFINE TABLE
Create a tagset		DEFINE TAGSET
Delete the specified template		DELETE
Edit an existing template		EDIT
Create a link to an existing template		LINK
List items in one or more template stores		LIST
Specify the locations to write to or read from when creating or using PROC TEMPLATE templates, and the order in which to search for them		PATH
Write the source code for the specified template to the SAS log		SOURCE
Test the most recently created template by binding it to the specified data set		TEST