SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

before-note

in ODS, a note that is displayed before an output object each time the output object is

displayed. The text is assigned to the output object by the procedure that produced

the object.

cellvalue

one of the possible values that PROC FREQ can produce for a crosstabulation table.

Cellvalues are defined by the DEFINE CELLVALUE statement in a crosstabulation

table template.

column attribute

a formatting property that controls aspects of a column, such as the appearance of the

cells contents, presentation of data panels, and customization of column headings.

Column attributes have a reserved name and value defined in ODS.

crosstab

See crosstabulation table

crosstabulation table

a two-dimensional table that shows frequency distributions or other aggregate

statistics for the intersections of two or more category data items. In a

crosstabulation table, categories are displayed on both the columns and rows, and

each cell value represents the data result from the intersection of the categories on

the specific row and column.

data component

a form, similar to a SAS data set, that contains the results (numbers and characters)

of a DATA step or PROC step that supports ODS.

destination

See ODS destination

device-based graphic

a graph created with SAS/GRAPH software for which a user-specified or default

device (DEVICE= option) controls certain aspects of the graphical output.

dictionary variable

a type of memory variable that consists of an array that contains a list of numbers or

text strings that can be identified by a key. A dictionary variable has, as part of its

name, a preceding '$' symbol and a subscript that contains a text string. The text

string within the subscript is called a key. For example, the following dictionary

variable identifies the entry in the $MyDictionary variable that contains the text-

string 'dog': $MyDictionary['dog'].

DOCUMENT destination

a SAS Output Delivery System (ODS) destination that produces a hierarchy of

output objects. The DOCUMENT destination enables users to render multiple ODS

output formats without rerunning a PROC step or DATA step, and it gives users

more control over the structure of the output.

exclusion list

a list that tells ODS which output objects to exclude from a specified ODS

destination.

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