results of the DATA step to ODS. ODS creates an output object and binds it to the
PHONELIST template. Only RTF output is created because only the RTF destination is
open. The TEMPLATE= suboption tells ODS to use the template PHONELIST, which
was created previously in the PROC TEMPLATE step.
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ods=(template='phonelist'
Place variable values in columns. The COLUMNS= suboption places values of
variables into columns that are defined in the template. Values for both the
LAST_NAME and FIRST_NAME variables are written to columns that are defined as
NAME in the template. The GENERIC=ON suboption must be set in both the template
and the ODS= ...
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