Most SAS procedures use the Output Delivery System (ODS) to manage their output. ODS enables you to do the following:
display your output in hypertext markup language (HTML), rich text format (RTF), portable document format (PDF), PostScript, SAS listing, or other formats
create SAS data sets directly from tables or graphs
select or exclude individual pieces of output
customize the layout, format, headers, and style of your output
produce graphs with ODS Graphics (see Chapter 24, Statistical Graphics Using ODS)
This chapter discusses some typical applications of ODS with SAS software. For complete documentation about the Output Delivery System, see the SAS Output Delivery System: User’s Guide. For more information about ODS Graphics, see Chapter 24, Statistical Graphics Using ODS, and Chapter 25, ODS Graphics Template Modification.