When you use ODS DOCUMENT to store the results of PROC ODSLIST or PROC ODSTEXT and another ODS destination is open at the same time, the order of the text is reversed.

To circumvent the problem, route the results to the ODS DOCUMENT destination alone. Then use PROC DOCUMENT to replay the results to any other ODS destination. Click the Full Code tab to see sample code that demonstrates this.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Linux for x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Solaris for x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		HP-UX IPF	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		z/OS 64-bit	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4
		z/OS	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M4

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

The sample code below creates Problem.html, which is created when both the ODS DOCUMENT and ODS HTML destinations are open. The ODSLIST and ODSTEXT output is reversed. Solution.html is created by a replay of the document with PROC DOCUMENT using the ODS HTML destination. Click the Output tab to see the results.

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/* Problem: */

ods document name=test(write); 
ods html file="problem.html";
     
title "ODS DOCUMENT and HTML destinations are open";

proc odstext;
   p  "LINE 1: ODSTEXT ";
   p  "LINE 2: ODSTEXT ";
run;

proc odslist;
   item;
      p 'LINE 1: ODSLIST ';
      list;
      item 'LINE 2: ODSLIST';
      end;
   end;
run;

ods document close;
ods html close;


/*Solution:*/

ods _all_ close;
ods document name=test(write); 
     
title "only ODS DOCUMENT destination is open for creation of document itemstore";

proc odstext;
   p  "LINE 1: ODSTEXT ";
   p  "LINE 2: ODSTEXT ";
run;

proc odslist ;
   item;
      p 'LINE 1: ODSLIST ' ;
      list;
      item 'LINE 2: ODSLIST';
      end;
   end;
run;

ods document close;

ods html file="solution.html";

proc document name=test;
   replay; 
run;
quit;

ods html close;

Click to view Problem.html.
Click to view Solution.html.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2015-11-04 11:34:34
Date Created:	2015-10-30 10:58:29