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- Updated Tagsets
On the ODS Markup page, several tagsets are updated and available for download.
- ODS for SAS 9.1
The paper A Soft Landing to ODS 9.1 (.pdf) explains differences in ODS between SAS 8.2 and SAS 9.1.
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- Formal Documentation
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- Training & Certification
- Recommended Reading
See recommended books from SAS Press.
Base SAS
ODS (Output Delivery System)
This page is part of the Base SAS Community and is an "anchor point" for lots of information regarding ODS - the Output Delivery System.
New and Notable
- ODS, PROC TEMPLATE, and ODS DOCUMENT from Scratch
- ODS packages are scheduled for production in SAS 9.2, and their templates will be preproduction.
- New Features in SAS 9.2 demonstrates features that will be available in the next release.
- Methods for the ODS DATA Step Object is a preproduction object-oriented feature for DATA _NULL_ report writing.
- Creating Multi-Sheet Excel Workbooks with ODS (.ppt)
- ODS Styles: Escaping PROC TEMPLATE Purgatory explains ODS styles. In addition, you can download a macro that generates an ODS style from a Microsoft Windows theme.
- Measured Markup with ODS TAGSETS.RTF is new syntax we're working on for SAS 9.2.
- Preproduction RTF Features in SAS 9.1 has been updated for SAS 9.1.3.
- ODS Statistical Graphics can automatically create graphics from statistical procedures.
- Scrollable Tables are possible in a variety of methods.
- A Soft Landing to ODS 9.1 explains changes and enhancements in ODS.
- ODS Document
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The ODS document is production in SAS 9 and was preproduction in Release 8.2.
With it, you can rerender ODS output
without rerunning procedures. You also have more control over the
structure of the output.
- ODS HTML
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The ODS HTML destination was introduced in Version 7 and adds more features with every new release.
- ODS MARKUP
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The ODS MARKUP statement is production in SAS 9 and was preproduction in Release 8.2.
ODS MARKUP exports procedural output in a variety of markup languages,
including your own custom tagsets.
- ODS PRINTER
- This destination sends SAS output to a PostScript, PCL, or PDF file.
If you are running under Microsoft Windows, you can send output directly
to a printer.
- ODS RTF
- This destination became available in Release 8.1.
Read about preproduction SAS 9.1 features and see what we plan to ship for SAS 9.2.
- ODS and Microsoft Excel
- SAS R&D and Technical Support representatives
share tips, sample code, and FAQs for exporting SAS output to Microsoft Excel.
- SAS Notes and Concepts for ODS
- R&D developers and Tech Support gurus answer the most frequently asked questions.
- Universal Printing
- Learn how and when SAS printing features are controlled by system options.
ODS Titles from Books by Users Press
Add the following BBU books to your ODS resources.
- Instant ODS: Style Templates for the SAS Output Delivery System, by Bernadette Johnson
- Output Delivery System: The Basics, by Lauren Haworth
- Quick Results with the Output Delivery System, by Sunil Gupta
Archive: ODS in Versions 7 and 8
- In-Line Formatting for ODS in SAS 8.2 inserts formatting and text when you use an escape character.
- Preproduction Version 8 ODS destinations ship with Base SAS.
- Twisty Little Passages, All Alike: ODS Templates Exposed introduces PROC TEMPLATE in Version 7.