You can use an XML Map for exporting XML output when using the XMLV2 LIBNAME engine, or when using the alias XML92 LIBNAME engine. To export an XML document that was imported using an XML Map, you can add exporting elements, and then use the XML Map to map the SAS data set back into a specific XML document structure rather than a rectangular structure that is generated by default. In the LIBNAME statement, specify the XMLV2 engine, include the XMLTYPE=XMLMAP option, and include the XMLMAP= option to specify the XML Map. See the sample code on the Full Code tab for an example of the syntax.

Note that when using the XML Map file for exporting, you are limited to exporting a single document.

Other methods that you can use to export XML files to a specific document structure include using the ODS Markup Language to generate and apply a custom tagset, or using the DATA step.

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/* The XML file NHLOUT.XML is created using  */ 
/* the XML Map file NHLexport.MAP.           */

libname nhl 'c:\myfiles';
libname out xmlv2 'c:\XML\NHLOUT.XML' 
            xmltype=xmlmap  
            xmlmap='c:\XML\NHLexport.MAP';

data out.teams;
   set nhl.teams;
run;

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