1. ODS TAGSETS - a Powerful Reporting Method Derek

2. 2 Agenda Understanding the tagset How to use tagsets Conclusion

3. 3 Understanding the tagset Tagsets is SAS code processed by PROC TEMPLATE procedure. But they are not performing like style templates statements in PROC TEMPLATE. The tagsets code primarily consists of data, events and triggered by events. Through tagsets, we can produce EXCEL, HTML, XML or RTF files.

4. 4 Understanding the tagset

5. 5 EVENT: DOC_HEAD, PROC, TABLE … VARIABLE: STATE, CLASS, TYPE …

6. 6 How to use tagsets Learn define styles through tagsets Only use tagsets fro reporting Using tagsets and styles together for reporting

7. 7 How to use tagsets Learn define styles through tagsets

8. 8 How to use tagsets Only use tagsets for reporting

9. 9 How to use tagsets Using tagsets and styles together for reporting

10. 10 How to use tagsets Using tagsets and styles together for reporting

11. 11 Conclusion Drived by EVENTS, quite different with traditional SAS programming. ODS TAGSETS give SAS programmer much more power to create report than just use of STYLE. Need to know specific tagsets languages, like HTML, XML or RTF.

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