Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Identifying Output Objects in Your Listing

To get to know ODS output, you will find it helpful to turn ODS TRACE on at least the first time you run each procedure. After a while, you'll get to know the common procedures, and you might not need to trace your output every time. You can also look up output object names in SAS documentation.

Another way to run TRACE for a new procedure is to turn on the LISTING option (with the LISTING destination open). This tells TRACE to display its information in your listing output, instead of in the SAS log. The syntax is as follows:

ODS TRACE ON / LISTING;
proc reg data=sales;
   model itemprice=itemssold department;
quit;
ODS TRACE OFF;

You get the results shown in Figure 6.3. All the output objects are visible ...