Chapter 11: TEMPLATE Procedure: Creating Markup Language Tagsets

Overview: ODS Tagsets

What Is a Tagset?

A tagset is a type of template that defines how to generate a markup language output type from SAS format. You can specify a tagset to create markup language output from ODS. SAS provides tagset definitions for a variety of markup language output. For example, SAS provides several tagsets for XML output, HTML output, XSL, and more. You can modify any of the SAS tagsets, or you can create your own. By supplying new tagset definitions, you can generate a wider variety of markup language output from SAS output.

Why Use the TEMPLATE Procedure to Create Tagsets?

The TEMPLATE procedure enables you to customize the look of your SAS output. By using the TEMPLATE procedure, you can modify any of the many markup language tagset definitions that SAS supplies or create a markup language tagset of your own. The Output Delivery System then uses the specified tagset definitions to mark the SAS output which then you can view with an online browser or viewer.

Terminology for PROC TEMPLATE

For information about terms used in the TEMPLATE procedure, see 'Terminology: TEMPLATE Procedure' on page 266