Writes to the SAS log
a record of each output object that is
created, or suppresses the writing of this record.
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ODS TRACE
ON< / <option(s)>>;
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- OFF
- turns off the writing of the trace record.
- ON
- turns on the writing of the trace record.
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LABEL
- includes the label path for the output object
in the record. You can use a label path anywhere that you can use a path.
| Tip: |
This option is most useful
for users who are running a localized version of SAS because the labels are
translated from English to the local language. The names and paths of output
objects are not translated because they are part of the syntax of the Output
Delivery System. |
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in: |
Determining What Output Objects a Procedure Creates |
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LISTING
- writes the trace record to the Listing destination,
so that each part of the trace record immediately precedes the output object
that it describes.
ODS produces an output object by combining data (the data component) with
a table definition. The trace record provides information about the data component,
the table definition, and the output object. By default, the record that the
ODS TRACE statement produces contains these items:
- Name
- is the name of the output object. You can
use the name to reference this output object and others with the same name.
(For details on how to reference an output object, see How to Specify an Output Object.) For example, you could
use this name in an ODS OUTPUT statement to make a data set from the output
object, or you could use it in an ODS SELECT or an ODS EXCLUDE statement.
| Tip: |
The name is the rightmost
part of the path that appears in the trace record. |
- Label
- briefly describes the contents of the output
object. This label also identifies the output object in the Results folder
in the Results window.
- Data name
- is the name of the data component that was
used to create this output object. The data name appears only if it differs
from the name of the output object.
- Data label
- describes the contents of the data.
- Template
- is the name of the table definition that
ODS used to format the output object. You can modify this definition with
PROC TEMPLATE (see EDIT Statement).
- Path
- is the path of the output object. You can
use the path to reference this output object. For example, you could use the
path in the ODS OUTPUT statement to make a data set from the output, or you
could use it in an ODS SELECT or an ODS EXCLUDE statement.
The LABEL option modifies the trace record by including
the label path for the object in the record. See the discussion of the LABEL
option.
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