topic Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active. in ODS and Base Reporting

ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

ewgrashorn — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:24:48 GMT

Dear SAS Community,

I am trying to get my output to print to the listing window instead of HTML. I am using SAS 9.4 and I have set my preferences to revert back to the SAS 9.2 way of display (under Tools/Preferences uncheck "Create HTML", uncheck "Use ODS Graphics" and check "Create Listing". Whenever I run a proc I get the "WARNING: No output destinations active." and no output anywhere.

When I run

ODS LISTING;
ODS LISTING SHOW;
Proc Means data=sashelp.class;run;

I get this output:

1587 ODS LISTING;
1588 ODS LISTING SHOW;
Current LISTING select list is set to default value (ALL).
Current OVERALL select list is: ALL
1589 Proc Means data=sashelp.class;run;

WARNING: No output destinations active.

How can I open output destinations? I thought "PROC LISTING;" was supposed to do that.

Thanks,
Eric

Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

Reeza — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:36:07 GMT

If you run the following what do you get?

ods listing;

ods results;

proc means data=sashelp.class;

run;

Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

ewgrashorn — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:43:08 GMT

1590 ods listing;
1591 ods results;
1592 proc means data=sashelp.class;
1593 run;

WARNING: No output destinations active.

NOTE: There were 19 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: The PROCEDURE MEANS printed page 27.
NOTE: PROCEDURE MEANS used (Total process time):

Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

Cynthia_sas — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:03:05 GMT

Are you using SAS University Edition? Or SAS on the Amazon AWS? Just curious.
cynthia

Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

ewgrashorn — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:47:03 GMT

Nope, SAS Release 9.04.01M3P062415 on WS32_7PRO

Re: ODS LISTING: WARNING: No output destinations active.

ewgrashorn — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:25:54 GMT

So, it turns out Reeza's solution was mostly correct. I do a lot of remote submits to an external server, so I had to do both:

ods listing;

ods results;

*AND*

rsubmit;

ods listing;

ods results;

to gt the proc means statement to run.

proc means data=sashelp.class;

run;

I wish SAS hadn't changed the ODS output settings in 9.4, they've caused me nothing but trouble.