The Output Delivery System in SAS® Software (Basics)

Duration: 2.0 day CEUs: 1.2

AUDIENCE
This course is designed to show how the Output Delivery System has changed the way information is output in the SAS System. This is designed for everyone who uses SAS Version 8 and higher.

BENEFITS
Students will be able to:

• Create SAS data sets with ODS
• Create listing, RTF, HTML and PDF reports with ODS
• Use Styles in Proc TABULATE and Proc REPORT

PREREQUISITES
Programming I: SAS Essentials or equivalent understanding. You should understand the data step and basic procedures in a windows environment and know how to operate a web browser.

COURSE TOPICS

ODS Basics
• Creating ODS output
• ODS Styles and listing
• Components of ODS output

ODS Advanced Topics
• ODS Trace, Select and Exclude
• Traffic lighting
• Styles in Proc Tabulate and Proc Report

Printing with ODS
• Labels and listing options
• Enhancing output
• Creating postscript files
• RTF and PDF output

Web Publishing With ODS
• HTML output
• ODS HTML Statement
• Creating Hyperlinks and setting up URLs
• Click through

Graphing with ODS
• Creating graphs
• Active X output
• Java output

Templating with ODS
• Titles and footnotes
• Match_All option
• Creating templates for display
• NOPTITLE options
• Data _Null_ syntax

Software Used: Base SAS and SAS/GRAPH® Software.