About the Tasks That You Will Perform

After you select the contents of your report, you can create output for many different business applications. For your report, you are going to create EPUB, PowerPoint, RTF, PDF, HTML, and Excel output. With ODS, it is easy to create output that is formatted for different business applications using ODS destination statements. The ODS statement and the SAS program that it contains form the ODS block.
An ODS block has the following form:
ODS output-destination 1 <options(s)>;
...
ODS output-destination (n) <options(s)>
<your SAS program>
ODS destination close statement 1;
...
ODS destination close statement (n)
In the ODS block, output-destination is the name of a valid ODS destination and option(s) are options that are valid for that destination. Your SAS program is inserted between the beginning ODS destination statement and the ODS CLOSE statement.
Most ODS destination statements require the FILE= or BODY= option, in which the name and path of the file that you are generating is specified. It is a good practice to specify one of these options, but it is not always required. By default, if you have not closed and reopened the ODS HTML destination, your output is stored in your temporary directory, unless you specify a different directory with the PATH= option in the ODS HTML statement. After you have opened and closed the ODS HTML destination, your output is stored in your local directory, unless you specify a different directory with the PATH= option.
After you run your program, your HTML, PDF, and Excel output opens in the Results Viewer. RTF output opens in Microsoft Word. PowerPoint output opens in PowerPoint. The EPUB output must be opened with an e-book reader.