https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8134#M2828 Available with SAS 9.2 per SAS support website - DICTIONARY.DESTINATIONS or SASHELP.VDEST otherwise.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> See this tech/usage note revealed from the search argument below:<BR /> Usage Note 33590: You can determine the open ODS destinations programmatically<BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/33/590.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/33/590.html</A><BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc.<BR /> <BR /> Suggested Google advanced search argument, this topic / post:<BR /> <BR /> determine current ods destination status site:sas.com Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:48:04 GMT sbb 2010-09-28T13:48:04Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8133#M2827 (SAS release 9.1.3)<BR /> <BR /> Is there a way to programmatically determine which ODS destinations are open (other than meticulously tracking all opens and closes myself) ? SAS can warn us about "No active ODS destinations" so it has this information available somewhere.Would be nice if this information could be externalized.<BR /> <BR /> Why would I want to know this? In short: so that I can temporarily close one destination, write to another destination (let's say a quick diagnostic proc print to the listing destination) and then resume writing to the first destination. Think of this quick diagnostic proc print as a swiss army knife like include member or macro that could just be dropped into existing code without doing any harm to currently active destinations.<BR /> <BR /> Clear as mud? A reply along the lines "Nope, can't be done but makes for a nice suggestion for the next ballot" would suffice. Am hitting the dictionary tables next.<BR /> <BR /> Regards<BR /> Robert (whose consulting gig is about to end on Thursday which means 'no SAS, no z/OS' for an unforeseeable period ... sigh) Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:38:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8133#M2827 Robert_Bardos 2010-09-28T13:38:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8134#M2828 Available with SAS 9.2 per SAS support website - DICTIONARY.DESTINATIONS or SASHELP.VDEST otherwise.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> See this tech/usage note revealed from the search argument below:<BR /> Usage Note 33590: You can determine the open ODS destinations programmatically<BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/33/590.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/33/590.html</A><BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc.<BR /> <BR /> Suggested Google advanced search argument, this topic / post:<BR /> <BR /> determine current ods destination status site:sas.com Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:48:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8134#M2828 sbb 2010-09-28T13:48:04Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8135#M2829 Great, thanks Scott (once again I should say as Scott has been a 'most valuable' resource back in my MICS days already).<BR /> <BR /> 9.2 is installed here but not in production yet. I'll mention the possibility to the guys here.<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> Greetings from Berlin (and soon from Zurich again)<BR /> Robert Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:17:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Programmatically-determine-which-ODS-destinations-are-open/m-p/8135#M2829 Robert_Bardos 2010-09-28T14:17:56Z