SAS Base Latest Interview Preparation (Q&A)

Question-: What is the ODS?
Answer: In SAS ODS is a short form of Output delivery system, which helps in producing the output in variety of formats like
- As an HTML file
- Traditional SAS listing (monospace)
- A PostScript files
- Generating an RTF (Rich Text file, can be opened in MS office)
- Generating output Dataset



Question-: What is the table definition in the ODS?
Answer: Table definition provides the instructions that describe how to format the data which may include following
- In what order the column should be generated
- How to format the data
- Font sizes and font faces etc.



Question-: What is the “Output object� in ODS?
Answer: ODS uses the table definitions (data formatting) and data which is combined by the ODS and produce the output object. An output object contains the information like name, a label and a path. It is not necessary that you always provide table definition (formats), its optional. You can see in picture as below.





Question-: What is ODS destinations?
Answer: Using the ODS destination it is specified what kind of output needs to be generated e.g. RTF, HTML or Printer

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