topic Re: Regression ODS tables without printing in SAS Programming

Regression ODS tables without printing

ilikesas — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 14:58:07 GMT

Hi,

I am doing the following regressions:

ods graphics off;
ods output parameterestimates = parms;
ods output anova = an;
ods output FitStatistics = fitstats;
proc reg data=sashelp.cars;
m1: model Invoice = EngineSize Cylinders;
m2: model invoice = Horsepower MPG_City Weight;
run;
ods graphics on;

I am getting the regression results in the 3 tables, but I am also getting the results printed on the Results Viewer.

When I include the NOPRINT option the ODS doesn't output the tables. Is it possibe somehow to have the ODS tables and not having the results printed? The reason is that I am doing dozens of regressions for different models.

Thank you

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

RW9 — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:09:41 GMT

You can set each destination on/off as you want, for instance:

ods listing close;

Or you can turn off all ods dedstinations with:

ods _all_ close;

Then you can turn them back on as needed.

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

ilikesas — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:32:38 GMT

Hi RW9,

Thank you for the code. I ran it and obtained the 3 tables in the Explorer window without printing, just like I wanted.

I have a small question: In the Results window, I see the branching of each model, which leads to the same 3 tables, so I have the 3 tables multiplied by the number of models. I just want to make sure that when I run dozens of regressions this branching process doesn't take too much memory and as a result crushes my calculations.

Thanks!

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

RW9 — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 08:06:50 GMT

I think thats more of a stats specific question relating to your model, as the models run seqeuntialy (I presume), they should only need the maximum needed for each run at any one point, so if your model runs fine in each case on its own it should be fine overall - unless you runout of disk space. But thats just guessing, you will have to try it.

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

Rick_SAS — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:29:59 GMT

Yes, you can turn off the RESULTS (the "treeview control") by using

ODS NORESULTS

and then run the procedure. You can turn it back on with

ODS RESULTS

Please DO NOT use ODS CLOSE _ALL_. Instead use

ODS EXCLUDE ALL;

They are not the same, and ODS EXCLUDE is easier to use.

You can read all about how to suppress printed output while using ODS OUTPUT to save results in the article

"Turn off ODS when running simulations in SAS"

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

ilikesas — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 17:42:52 GMT

Thanks Rick for the advice!

But how do I undo ODS EXCLUDE ALL; like this again I can ahve the printed results?

Re: Regression ODS tables without printing

Rick_SAS — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:18:49 GMT

That information (and more!) is in the links that I provided.