New Output Defaults in the SAS Windowing Environment In the SAS windowing environment for SAS 9.3, several new defaults are being implemented in the UNIX and Windows operating environments.
Area of Change Previous Default New Default in SAS 9.3
Output Destination LISTING HTML
Default style for HTML
destination Styles.Default Styles.HTMLBlue
ODS Graphics OFF ON
Where graphs are saved Current SAS directory SAS Work Library
The previous defaults are still used in the following cases:
n when you run SAS in batch mode
n when you use the SAS windowing environment in operating environments other than UNIX or Windows
Because of the changes in the default values, you will see the following changes:
n Results are displayed in the HTMLBlue style, which is a modern style well suited for displaying graphs and tables together. Prior to SAS 9.3, tables were displayed in monospace, and graphs were displayed using the LISTING style.
n Analytical procedures that support ODS Graphics automatically create graphs. Prior to SAS 9.3, you had to explicitly enable ODS Graphics.
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n Tables and graphs are displayed together in the HTML results viewer window. Prior to SAS 9.3, tables and graphs were displayed separately in the Output and Graph windows.
n Graphs are no longer saved in the current SAS directory by default. Instead, they are saved in the directory that corresponds to your SAS Work library. Hence, by default, graphs are automatically deleted at the end of your SAS session. You can specify a different directory in your SAS preferences.
To change the defaults:
1 In the SAS Display Manager, select Tools Options Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears.
2 Click the Results tab.
3 From the Style drop-down list, select a new style.
4 Select LISTING or HTML as the default destination.
5 Disable or enable ODS Graphics by selecting the check box.
6 Change the directory where graphs are saved.
ODS Graphics Designer
The ODS Graphics Designer is now part of Base SAS software. SAS/GRAPH is not required in order to use the designer. The documentation has also moved to the Base SAS node in SAS Help and Documentation.
The first production release of ODS Graphics Designer was in the third maintenance release for SAS 9.2. If you are migrating from the third maintenance release for SAS 9.2, here are other changes that you need to consider:
n If you customized preferences, styles, or Graph Gallery files in the previous production release, you must migrate your custom files to the new location for the ODS Graphics Designer. If you do not perform this one-time task, the ODS Graphics Designer in SAS 9.3 will not be able to use your customized preferences, styles, or Graph Gallery files. For instructions, see “Manual Tasks for Upgrading to SAS 9.3
ODS Graphics Designer” in Chapter 1 of SAS ODS Graphics Designer: User's Guide.
n The ODS Graphics Designer retains the SAS 9.2 default style for output. However, if you copy and paste the SAS code from the designer code window and run this code in a SAS session, the output will probably look different from the output in the
Designer. Graphs that are output to the default ODS destination in SAS use a different style.
ODS Graphics Editor
The ODS Graphics Designer is now part of Base SAS software. SAS/GRAPH is not required in order to use the editor. The documentation has also moved to the Base SAS node in SAS Help and Documentation. The stand-alone ODS Graphics Editor is no longer required to open ODS Graphics Editor (SGE) files from SAS. However, the stand-alone editor is still available as a download.
The editor does not support the HTMLBlue style, but instead supports a similar style, HTMLBlueCML. These styles differ only when there are groups of observations (for example, separate functions for a GENDER variable). To produce the same output as HTMLBlue in the editor for grouped data, specify the HTMLBlueCML style, and then change the line style and markers to match those used by the HTMLBlue style.
ODS Graphics Procedures
The ODS Graphics procedures, formally called SAS/GRAPH Statistical Graphics
procedures, are now part of Base SAS software. SAS/GRAPH is not required in order to use the procedures. The documentation has also moved to the Base SAS node in SAS Help and Documentation.
Note: Graph Template Language has also moved to Base SAS.
If you are migrating from the third maintenance release for SAS 9.2, then you also need to consider the following:
n The SGDESIGN procedure is now available on z/OS systems with the following restrictions:
o The SGDESIGN procedure does not render SGD files that were generated with the previous release of the ODS Graphics Designer. You must open the SGD file
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in the 9.3 release of the ODS Graphics Designer (in a Windows or UNIX operating environment). Then save the file in the 9.3 format.
o SGD files must be transferred to the HFS file system of UNIX System Services in order to be rendered by the SGDESIGN procedure.
n The SGDESIGN procedure does not support SGD files that were created before the third maintenance release for SAS 9.2.