This example demonstrates how a SAS program running on z/OS can write to a file that is automatically sent to its e-mail recipient(s) when it completes. The key is the E-mail access method:

• the FILENAME statement specifies that myfile is written with the E-mail access method
  
• the ODS statement opens the HTML destination and directs the procedure output to myfile

The body of the e-mail message is formatted as an HTML file. You can also format the message body as plain text or a graphic (GIF) image. Note: don't confuse the format type of the e-mail message body with the format type of an attached file. The two are specified independently. See Send E-mail from a DATA Step for an example of sending a plain text e-mail with an HTML attachment.

To run this example, you need to provide the recipients' e-mail addresses and the e-mail subject. These parameters are highlighted in red. The parentheses around the e-mail addresses may be omitted if only one e-mail address is specified.
 

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------

FILENAME Option

------------------------------------------------------------------- */

filename myfile email
to= ("e-mailaddress1" "e-mailaddress2")
subject= "Here is the report you requested"
type="text/html";

ods listing close;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------

ODS Options

------------------------------------------------------------------- */

ods html body=myfile
style=bluebg;
rs=none;

proc print data=sashelp.class double;
where age = 13;
title 'Height and Weight for 13 Year Olds';
run;

quit;

ods html close;

ods listing;