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Title: PROVIDING SCHEDULED-RELEASE WEB REPORTS THAT LOOK GOOD, AND ALMOST MAINTAIN THEMSELVES USING SAS ODS

Author
item Sanders, Ashley

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/29/2002
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Even a novice SAS® programmer with a little knowledge of HTML can create great Internet reports using ODS. With a few additional procedures, including some simple macro steps and a data _null_ or two, it is possible to produce highly customized output that practically manages itself. Programs can be built off the old tractor-feed printer report programs already in the company library, or built using PROC REPORT and other base SAS® or GRAPH procedures. Quarterly dairy reports, available to the public via the Internet will be used to demonstrate tools for: creating Internet reports from existing data, that also print well; archiving previous report runs in a chronological index by the same SAS® program that creates the new reports; creating downloadable EXCEL® notebooks for end user data management; using frames, links, and some simple HTML code to make sure it all looks great on your site, and that a search engine can find it.