Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide - Acsu Buffalo

Fundamental Concepts for Using Base SAS Procedures 4 Changing SAS Registry Settings for ODS 49
How Do I Use Style Definitions with Base SAS Procedures?
3 Most Base SAS Procedures
Most Base SAS procedures that support ODS use one or more table definitions
to produce output objects. These table definitions include definitions for table
elements: columns, headers, and footers. Each table element can specify the use of
one or more style elements for various parts of the output. These style elements
cannot be specified within the syntax of the procedure, but you can use customized
styles for the ODS destinations that you use. For more information about
customizing tables and styles, see the TEMPLATE procedure in the The Complete
Guide to the SAS Output Delivery System.
3 The PRINT, REPORT and TABULATE Procedures
The PRINT, REPORT and TABULATE procedures provide a way for you to
access table elements from the procedure step itself. Accessing the table elements
enables you to do such things as specify background colors for specific cells, change
the font face for column headers, and more. The PRINT, REPORT, and
TABULATE procedures provide a way for you to customize the markup language
and printed output directly from the procedure statements that create the report.
For more information about customizing the styles for these procedures, see the
Base SAS Procedures Guide.
Changing SAS Registry Settings for ODS
Overview of ODS and the SAS Registry
The SAS registry is the central storage area for configuration data that ODS uses.
This configuration data is stored in a hierarchical form, which works in a similar
manner to the way directory-based file structures work under UNIX, Windows, VMS,
and the z/OS UNIX system. However, the SAS registry uses keys and subkeys as the
basis for its structure, instead of using directories and subdirectories, like similar file
systems in DOS or UNIX. A key is a word or a text string that refers to a particular
aspect of SAS. Each key may be a place holder without values or subkeys associated
with it, or it may have many subkeys with associated values. For example, the ODS key
has DESTINATIONS, GUI, ICONS, and PREFERENCES subkeys. A subkey is a key
inside another key. For example, PRINTER is a subkey of the DESTINATIONS subkey.
Display 2.5
SAS Registry of ODS Subkeys