SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

root file location

the top level of a file location in an ODS document. A root file location is not

contained within another file location and does not have a name assigned to it. A root

file location is similar to the root directory of a Windows operating environment.

SASEDOC engine

a SAS engine that associates a SAS libref (library reference) with one or more ODS

output objects that are stored in an ODS document.

scalar variable

a type of memory variable that contains one-dimensional numeric or character data.

Once created, scalar variables are globally available in all events.

stream variable

within an ODS event, a temporary item store that contains output. While the stream

variable is open, all output is directed to it until it is closed.

style

See ODS style

style attribute

a visual property, such as color, font properties, and line characteristics, that is

defined in ODS with a reserved name and value. Style attributes are collectively

referenced by a style element within a style template.

style element

a named collection of style attributes that affects specific parts of ODS output. For

example, a style element might specify the color and font properties of title text or

other text in in a table or graph.

style element inheritance

the concept that a child style element receives all of the style attributes that are

specified in its parent style element, unless the child style element overrides those

attributes.

style template

a type of ODS template that defines the visual aspects (colors, fonts, lines, markers,

and so on) of SAS output for a specific style. A style template defines style elements,

and each style element consists of style attributes.

table attribute

a formatting property such as layout of headers, line spacing, and layout of rows and

columns, that has a reserved name and value defined in ODS.

table template

a set of instructions that describe how to format output in the Output Delivery

System (ODS).

table element

a collection of table attributes that each pertain to a particular column, header, or

footer in a table in ODS output.

table template

a template that describes how to display the output for a tabular output object. A

table template determines the order of table headers and footers, the order of

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