Beginning in SAS Version 8, you can assign an ID to an ODS destination. This ID enables you to open multiple files in the same ODS destination concurrently. It also allows you to choose individual objects to be selected or excluded from specified output files.

Here is an example:

    ods rtf(1) file="first report.rtf";
    ods rtf(2) file="second report.rtf";

    ods rtf(1) select modelanova;

    proc glm data=sashelp.class;
	       class sex;
	       model weight=age; 

    run;
    quit;

    ods rtf(1) close;
    ods rtf(2) close;

Note: Remember to close each file that you open. In this example, only the MODELANOVA object of the GLM is sent to the "first report.rtf" file.

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