The TEMPLATE procedure enables you to create a tagset, which is a type of template that defines how to generate a markup language output type from SAS output. You can specify a tagset to create markup language output from ODS. SAS provides tagsets for a variety of markup language output. For example, SAS provides several tagsets for XML output, HTML output, XSL, and more. The TEMPLATE procedure enables you to modify any of the SAS tagsets or create custom markup language tagsets.

The Output Delivery System uses the specified tagsets to mark the SAS output, which you can view with an online browser or viewer.

For information about terms used in the TEMPLATE procedure, see Using the TEMPLATE Procedure.