SAS 9.4 Output Delivery System, 3rd Edition

Chapter 6

Arranging Output with ODS

LAYOUT

ODS Layout Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Absolute Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Gridded Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

ODS LAYOUT ABSOLUTE Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731

ODS REGION Statement, Absolute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

ODS LAYOUT GRIDDED Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

ODS REGION Statement, Gridded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

ODS LAYOUT END Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

ODS Layout Overview

The act of arranging tabular and graphic information about a page is called layout. In

SAS, pages are arranged in layout containers and region containers. Titles and footnotes

can be placed in layout containers or region containers. SAS supports two types of

layout, absolute and gridded.

Absolute layout enables you to specify an exact page location using x and y coordinates.

Absolute layout is limited to one page and is supported only by the PRINTER

destinations. Use the ODS LAYOUT ABSOLUTE statement to produce absolute layout.

Gridded layout is a mechanism for arranging output dynamically. Gridded layout

enables you to arrange output in a two-dimensional grid structure. For example, gridded

layout enforces automatic alignment of grid cells, allows layout to continue onto the next

page, dynamically computes the size of a grid cell, and makes it easier to maintain the

integrity of the report. Use the ODS LAYOUT GRIDDED statement to produce gridded

layout. Gridded layout is supported for HTML, POWERPOINT, and PRINTER

destinations (PDF, PS, and PCL).

The following terms are used to describe ODS layout:

footnotes

are text that appears at the bottom of a container. Footnote processing is always done

before any output is produced on the physical page. This is often referred to as page

initialization. Footnotes can also be specified inside regions, but only the footnotes

that have changed are displayed.

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