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The ODS Statements

ODS VERIFY Statement

Prints or suppresses a warning that a style definition or a table definition that is used is not supplied by SAS Institute.

ODS VERIFY <ON | OFF | ERROR>;

OPTIONS

ON | OFF | ERROR

ON
prints the warning and sends output objects to open destinations.

OFF
suppresses the warning.

ERROR
prints the warning and does not send output objects to open destinations.

Default: If you do not specify the ODS VERIFY statement, ODS runs with the verification process turned off. If you specify the ODS VERIFY statement but do not specify an argument, ODS runs with verification turned on.
Tip: For information on how to ignore user-created definitions, see ODS PATH Statement.

Why Use the ODS VERIFY Statement?

PROC TEMPLATE can modify the values in an output object. None of the definitions that SAS Institute provides modifies any values. If you receive a warning from the ODS VERIFY statement, you might want to look at the source code to verify that the values have not been modified.


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