
A Quick Start to Using ODS
The Purpose of These Examples
The following examples are designed to help you begin using ODS quickly. Use them to
learn how to produce output that contains more interesting formatting. Then, to learn
more about the depth, breadth, and true power of ODS, see “Introduction to the Output
Delivery System” on page 24.
With ODS, it is quick and easy to create output that is formatted for different business
applications using ODS destination statements. The ODS statement and the SAS
program that it contains form the ODS block.
An ODS block has the following form:
ODS output-destination 1 <options(s)>;
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ODS output-destination (n) ...