SAS 9.2 Output Delivery System User's Guide

Contents......Page 4
New Features and Enhancements for ODS Statements......Page 8
New Features and Enhancements for the DOCUMENT Procedure......Page 12
New Features and Enhancements for the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 13
New ODS Support for SAS/GRAPH......Page 15
Query Open ODS Destinations......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Accessibility Features in ODS......Page 20
Creating Listing Output......Page 22
Creating Output in HTML Format......Page 24
Producing Output in Multiple Formats at the Same Time......Page 25
Where to Go from Here......Page 27
Concepts......Page 30
Output Delivery System: Basic Concepts......Page 32
Listing Output......Page 33
HTML Output......Page 35
RTF Output......Page 36
XML Output......Page 37
Components of SAS Output......Page 39
Overview of ODS Destination Categories......Page 41
The SAS Formatted Destinations......Page 42
The Third-Party Formatted Destinations......Page 43
Controlling the Formatting Features of Third-Party Formats......Page 45
Understanding Styles, Style Elements, and Style Attributes......Page 46
Using Styles with Base SAS Procedures......Page 47
Understanding Item Stores, Template Stores, and Directories......Page 48
Changing Your Default HTML Version Setting......Page 49
Changing ODS Destination Default Settings......Page 50
Selection and Exclusion Lists......Page 51
Customized Output for an Output Object......Page 52
Securing ODS Generated PDF Files......Page 53
Summary of ODS......Page 54
Using ODS with the DATA Step......Page 56
How ODS Works with the DATA Step......Page 57
Example 1: Creating a Report with the DATA Step and the Default Table Definition......Page 58
Example 2: Producing ODS Output That Contains Selected Variables......Page 61
Example 3: Assigning Attributes to Columns in ODS Output......Page 65
Example 4: Creating and Using a User-Defined Table Definition Template......Page 70
ODS Language Statements......Page 76
Global Statements......Page 78
ODS Statement Category Descriptions......Page 79
ODS Statements by Category......Page 80
Dictionary of ODS Language Statements......Page 84
The DOCUMENT Procedure......Page 348
Using the DOCUMENT Procedure......Page 351
Syntax: DOCUMENT Procedure......Page 352
About ODS Documents......Page 381
Understanding an ODS Document Path......Page 382
Getting Familiar with Output Objects......Page 383
ODS Documents in the Documents Window......Page 384
ODS Documents in the Results Window......Page 387
Comparisons between the Documents Window and the Results Window......Page 388
Creating Shortcuts in the Documents Window......Page 389
Comparisons between the Documents Window and the Document Procedure......Page 390
Examples: DOCUMENT Procedure......Page 391
The TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 410
Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 412
What Can You Do with the TEMPLATE Procedure?......Page 413
The Backward Compatibility of ODS Templates......Page 418
Terminology: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 419
PROC TEMPLATE Statements by Category......Page 420
Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 421
Where to Go from Here......Page 423
What Is a Template Store?......Page 424
Template Store Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 425
The Contents of Templates That SAS Supplies......Page 439
Examples: Managing Template Stores Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 441
Using the TEMPLATE Procedure to Create a Customized Crosstabulation Table......Page 446
What Can You Do with a Crosstabulation Template?......Page 447
Crosstabulation Table Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 450
DYNAMIC Statement......Page 455
FOOTER Statement......Page 456
NOTES Statement......Page 457
END Statement......Page 458
CELLSTYLE AS Statement......Page 462
DYNAMIC Statement......Page 464
END Statement......Page 465
DYNAMIC Statement......Page 469
NOTES Statement......Page 470
TEXT Statement......Page 471
Working with the CrossTabFreqs Crosstabulation Table Template......Page 474
Comparison Between Table Templates and Crosstabulation Table Templates......Page 475
Crosstabulation Table Regions and Corresponding Attributes......Page 476
Examples: Modifying Crosstabulation Output Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 477
Introduction to the Graph Template Language......Page 500
STATGRAPH Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 501
Where to Go from Here......Page 502
Using the TEMPLATE Procedure to Create a Style......Page 504
What You Can Do with a Style......Page 505
Style Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 506
IMPORT Statement......Page 509
NOTES Statement......Page 510
REPLACE Statement......Page 511
STYLE Statement......Page 512
END Statement......Page 514
Working with Styles......Page 555
ODS Styles with Graphical Style Information......Page 556
Understanding Styles, Style Elements, and Style Attributes......Page 557
Understanding Inheritance......Page 560
Understanding Style References......Page 561
Using the FROM Option......Page 563
Inheritance Compatibility across Versions......Page 565
Examples: Creating and Modifying Styles Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 568
Using the TEMPLATE Procedure to Create or Customize Tabular Output......Page 610
What You Can Do With a Table Template......Page 611
Tabular Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 613
CELLSTYLE AS Statement......Page 631
COMPUTE AS Statement......Page 633
DEFINE HEADER Statement......Page 635
DYNAMIC Statement......Page 636
MVAR Statement......Page 637
NOTES Statement......Page 638
TRANSLATE INTO Statement......Page 639
END Statement......Page 642
MVAR Statement......Page 654
NMVAR Statement......Page 655
TEXT Statement......Page 656
END Statement......Page 657
CELLSTYLE–AS Statement......Page 669
COLUMN Statement......Page 672
DEFINE Statement......Page 673
HEADER Statement......Page 674
FOOTER Statement......Page 675
MVAR Statement......Page 676
NOTES Statement......Page 677
TRANSLATE INTO Statement......Page 678
END Statement......Page 681
Viewing the Contents of a Table Template......Page 770
Values in Table Columns and How They Are Justified......Page 771
Formatting Values in Table Columns......Page 772
Examples: Modifying Tabular Output by Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 773
Overview: ODS Tagsets and the TEMPLATE PROCEDURE......Page 812
Markup Language Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 813
DEFINE EVENT Statement......Page 819
BREAK Statement......Page 823
DELSTREAM Statement......Page 824
DONE Statement......Page 825
EVAL Statement......Page 826
Event Statement Conditions......Page 828
FLUSH Statement......Page 830
NDENT Statement......Page 831
NEXT Statement......Page 832
OPEN Statement......Page 833
PUT Statement......Page 834
PUTL Statement......Page 835
PUTLOG Statement......Page 836
PUTQ Statement......Page 838
PUTSTREAM Statement......Page 839
PUTVARS Statement......Page 840
SET Statement......Page 842
STOP Statement......Page 845
TRIGGER Statement......Page 846
UNSET Statement......Page 847
NOTES Statement......Page 849
END Statement......Page 850
Getting Familiar with Tagsets......Page 855
Creating Custom Tagsets......Page 859
Examples: Creating and Modifying Markup Languages Using the TEMPLATE Procedure......Page 863
Appendices......Page 884
Creating the Charity Data Set......Page 886
Creating the Univ ODS Document......Page 889
Creating the Employee_Data Data Set......Page 890
Creating the Exprev Data Set......Page 892
Creating the Gov Data Set......Page 894
Creating the Grain_Production Data Set......Page 895
Creating the Model Data Set......Page 896
Creating the Plant_Stat Data Set......Page 897
Creating the StatePop Data Set......Page 898
Creating the Table1 Table Definition......Page 899
Using the FROM option......Page 900
Inheritance Compatibility Across SAS Versions......Page 903
Creating the Nlits Data Set......Page 906
Implementing HTML Links and References......Page 908
How ODS Constructs Links and References......Page 911
The Body File......Page 913
The Frame File......Page 916
Using a z/OS PDSE for EBCDIC HTML Output......Page 920
Using a z/OS PDSE for ASCII HTML Output......Page 921
General ODS Style Elements......Page 922
Style Elements Affecting Template-Based Graphics......Page 931
Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Graphics......Page 937
Recommended Reading......Page 946
Glossary......Page 948
Index\n......Page 956