Advanced Output Delivery System Topics

Classroom duration: 2.0 days Live Web duration: 4 half-day sessions Please note the System Requirements below. Course fee: $1,150 EPTO units: 2.2 CEUs: 1.2

This course teaches you how to modify the structure of Output Delivery System (ODS) reports as well as presentation aspects such as colors, fonts, borders, and margins. The course is for advanced report programmers who are able to create reports using SAS procedures and the DATA step but need to enhance the reports with advanced ODS features.

Learn how to

modify existing table and style templates
create your own table and style templates
create and modify ODS documents
incorporate ODS options
format within a cell.

Who should attend

SAS programmers, report writers, and analysts

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, you should be able to

submit SAS programs on your operating system
access SAS files using the LIBNAME statement
create SAS output from Base SAS procedures
create default RTF, PDF, or HTML output using ODS.

You can obtain this knowledge by completing the Creating Detail and Summary Reports course.

Course Contents

Customizing Table Templates

Defining table templates
Accessing table templates
Creating table templates
Understanding inheritance (self-study)
Modifying the columns
Customizing headers and footers
Using macro variables
Adding URLs (self-study)
Creating and using custom table templates
Computing additional columns
Adding traffic lighting
Creating generic columns

Customizing Style Templates with ODS

Defining style templates
Identifying style elements
Defining style attributes
Understanding inheritance
Modifying an existing style template
Using a parent template
Creating a custom style template

Using ODS DOCUMENT and the DOCUMENT Procedure

Introduction to ODS DOCUMENT
Creating an ODS document
Using the Documents Window
Using the DOCUMENT procedure

Using Options and ODS ESCAPECHAR

ODS options that apply to multiple destinations
ODS options that apply to specific destinations
Global options that apply to ODS destinations
ODS statements and procedure options (self-study)
Using ODS ESCAPECHAR
Additional examples of ODS ESCAPECHAR (self-study)
Using destination specific syntax
Using hex characters (self-study)

Software

This course addresses Base SAS.

Course Materials

Classroom: Students attend classroom courses in one of our public training centers. You receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

Live Web: Students attend Live Web classes using a Web browser and a telephone and interact with their instructor and fellow classmates in real time. Each student receives an e-mail with instructions on how to join the class three business days before the class begins. The instructions e-mail includes a link to download the course materials. Students need to download and print the course materials prior to class.

System Requirements

For Live Web, you must

review and follow the general system requirements.
complete the course exercises through our virtual lab. The virtual lab allows you to access the software used in class over the Internet, so that you do not need this software on your local machine.
run this test to connect to a virtual lab session. If firewall problems prevent you from connecting to the virtual lab, then you will need the following software installed and configured in your environment to participate in the course exercises:
- Base SAS 9 or 8.2 under a Windows operating system or SAS Learning Edition
  Important:
  - Students using the SAS Learning Edition or SAS 8.2 will not be able to complete the ODS DOCUMENT exercises; however, the instructor will demo them in SAS 9.
  - Students using SAS Learning Edition will need to create a shortcut to the SAS windowing environment (SAS Explorer, Enhanced Editor, Log, and Output windows) for use during the class. Follow these instructions for creating a shortcut to SAS prior to class.
- a software product for opening RTF files (such as Microsoft Word).

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Not sure if this course suits your needs or which delivery method is right for you? Give us a call at 800-333-7660 or send us e-mail. If you have suggestions for this course or would like for it to be offered at another training facility, let us know by adding to our Interest List.

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