SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition

The Output Delivery System

Before you learn to write ODS programming statements, it is helpful to understand a little about ODS.

Advantages of ODS

ODS gives you formatting options and makes procedure output much more flexible. With ODS, you can easily create output in a variety of formats, including

• HTML output

  HTML Output

  
• RTF output

  RTF Output

  
• PDF output

  PDF Output

  
• traditional SAS LISTING output

  LISTING Output