SAS 9.4 Language Reference, 6th Edition

Chapter 9

SAS Output

Definitions for SAS Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Routing and Customizing SAS Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Default Output Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Changing the Output Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Customizing Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Sample SAS Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Default HTML Output in the SAS Windowing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Traditional SAS LISTING Output in the SAS Windowing Environment . . . . . . . 163

The SAS Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Structure of the Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

The SAS Log in Interactive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

The SAS Log in Batch, Line, or Objectserver Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Writing to the Log in All Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Customizing the Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Definitions for SAS Output

SAS output is the result of executing SAS programs. Most SAS procedures and some

DATA step applications produce output. A SAS program can produce some or all of the

following types of output:

program results

contain the programmatic results from SAS procedures and SAS DATA step

applications. These results can be sent to a file or printed as a report. There are a

variety of options, formats, statements, and commands available in SAS to customize

your output. The Output Delivery System enables you to specify output destinations

to control how your output is stored, table definitions to control how your output is

structured, and style templates to control the stylistic elements of your output. For

more information, see SAS Output Delivery System: User’s Guide.

Here are a few examples of the types of output that you can get from running SAS

programs:

• a SAS data set

• an HTML file for web viewing

• a simple listing report

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