Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Creating Multiple Output Data Sets from a Single Procedure

In the previous example, we used two separate PROC CORR steps to create two output data sets. However, if you want two output data sets from the same procedure, you don't have to run the procedure twice. You can just request two different output data sets from the same step.

For example, if we run a PROC FREQ and generate not just a frequency distribution but also a series of chi-square statistics, we can create output data sets for both results with just one PROC FREQ step. On the left side of Figure 7.8, the Results window shows the two output objects created by the PROC FREQ step: Cross-Tabular Freq Table and Chi-Square Tests. The right side of Figure 7.8 shows the Output window with ...