Is everything about your SAS® output the way you want, except for the final order of the report objects? Do you want your output organized by year or by city, instead of by SAS procedure, without using SAS macro programs? Do you like the order that SAS produces, but you just want to change the folder hierarchy?

This paper illustrates how to capture your output and save it in an ODS document store. Then, you can create custom folders and a custom folder hierarchy using ODS DOCUMENT and PROC DOCUMENT to rearrange and replay your output. Along the way, you learn how to add custom titles and notes to your output; delete page breaks; label and rename folders; and use PROC DOCUMENT syntax to automate the creation of reports in the format you want. The ODS DOCUMENT window is demonstrated, along with PROC DOCUMENT. Concrete examples are used to illustrate every major task. The final report includes a Table of Contents that showcases the new report structure.

Cynthia Zender is an instructor and principal curriculum consultant for SAS Education. She has worked in a variety of industries and companies: George Washington University, consulting firms, electrical utilities and a telecom company. Before coming to SAS as an instructor in 1996, she primarily worked with data manipulation, SAS programming and macro processing and reporting. Cynthia is the co-author, along with Lauren Haworth Lake and Michele Burlew, of the book ODS: The Basics and Beyond. She is a frequent speaker at user groups and SAS events.