The Complete Guide to the SAS Output Delivery System

ODS Destinations

ODS currently supports four destinations: the HTML destination, the Listing destination, the Output destination, and the Printer destination. ODS destinations can be open or closed. When a destination is open, ODS can send output objects to it. When a destination is closed, ODS cannot send output objects to it. An open destination uses system resources even if you use the selection and exclusion features of ODS to exclude all output objects from the destination. (See Using Selection and Exclusion Lists.) Therefore, to conserve resources, close all unnecessary destinations.

You open and close a destination with the appropriate ODS statement (ODS HTML, ODS LISTING, ODS PRINTER, or ODS OUTPUT). Refer to The ODS Statements for more information on using each destination.

By default, the Listing destination is open, and all other destinations are closed. Consequently, if you do nothing, your SAS programs run and produce Listing output, just as they did in previous releases of the SAS System before ODS was available.

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