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SAS file name: Control_Output_Destination.sas
File location: 
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Purpose: To demonstrate the use of output destinations in SAS using ODS
Author: Peter Clemmensen
Creation Date: 17/15/2017

This program supports the blog post "Control Output Destination in SAS" on SASnrd.com

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/* The default output destination since SAS 9.2 is HTML */
ods html;                        /* Open HTML destination for output           */
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;  /* Run some procedure that creates an output  */
   scatter x=height y=weight;
run;
ods html close;                  /* Close the destination again                */

/* Use both the HTML and PDF destinations */

ods html;                        /* Open HTML destination for output           */
ods pdf;                         /* Open PDF destination for output            */

proc print data=sashelp.class;   /* This is outputted to HTML and PDF          */
run;

ods pdf close;                   /* Close PDF destination again                */

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;  /* This is only outputted to HTML destination */
run;  

ods html close;                  /* Close the HTML destination again           */

/* Save output to a file */

ods pdf file="MyPath.pdf";       /* Open PDF destination for output and specify FILE= option */
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;  /* Run some procedure that creates an output                */
   scatter x=height y=weight;
run;
ods pdf close;                   /* Close PDF destination again                              */              

/* Display only latest procedure output */
ods pdf preferences;
ods pdf close;
ods pdf newfile=proc;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
   scatter x=height y=weight;
run;