topic Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3 in SAS Procedures

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

paulsparrow — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:03:17 GMT

I use to use a shortcut key where I could clear the log and Sas Output window at once.

F12 clear log; clear output;

Now under 9.3 this won't clear the output. Any suggestions?

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

art297 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:06:44 GMT

You can assign whatever you want to the function keys. Take a look at: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0611A&L=sas-l&P=R15774&D=1&H=0&O=D&T=1

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

paulsparrow — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:14:53 GMT

That worked in 9.2. I can't find a command to clear what they now call the Results Viewer in 9.3

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

art297 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:25:42 GMT

ODSRESULTS;CLEAR But there are new factors they introduced as well. Take a look at: http://support.sas.com/kb/43/911.html

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

paulsparrow — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:41:33 GMT

Close. this clears the results log but not the Viewer.

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

art297 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:45:29 GMT

Did you add the statement as recommend in the TN, ie: ods html newfile=proc

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

paulsparrow — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:54:00 GMT

I've done that so now I at least get a clean new window for each proc freq. Just use to clearing the old results window.

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

art297 — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:01:59 GMT

There must be a way to string everything together and assign the bundle to a function key. I'm not on 9.3 yet, thus can't test it.

Yes, I know that a number of folks are going to be unpleasantly surprised.

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

MarkFriedman — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:39:48 GMT

I put this in the top of my programs, based on this thread...(not sure if it goes in a function key). Seems to do the trick...

ods html close;

DM log "OUT;CLEAR;LOG;CLEAR;" log continue ;

DM log 'next results; clear; cancel;' whostedit continue ;

ods html newfile=none;

Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

leonard — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:46:25 GMT

I just activated my new SAS 9.3 license and had the same problem.

Go to Usage Note 42874 and follow instructions for changing options.

Worked like a charm

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

chemicalab — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:13:37 GMT

dm 'odsresults; clear';;

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

JohannesForkman — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:21:03 GMT

If you want to clear the results viewer before you rerun your SAS-program, then simply put

ods html close ;

ods html ;

in the beginning of the program.

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

Cynthia_sas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:24:59 GMT

Hi:

I wrote a paper for SGF that outlines at least 4 ways to work with the new behavior in SAS 9.3. In my opinion, the best method is to use the "full control" method instead of a cumulative file. Of course, I like to name my files, so I'm a bit particular about where output goes and what it's named. But I do show 4 basic alternatives in the paper and, of course, there are other combos of commands, settings that will work.

The key thing to remember about the Results Viewer and 9.3 is that with HTML turned on automatically, a cumulative HTML file is created, unless you control it otherwise. While the HTML file is open for receiving output, you can clear the links/pointers that appear in the Results Viewer window, but you cannot "empty" the HTML file itself without taking some controlling action. Here's the link to the paper:

http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/250-2012.pdf

cynthia

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

alexcewing — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:11:04 GMT

I have been using

ods html close;

ods html;

and it works fine, except for one thing. Before running that code, the results viewer refreshes every time a procedure is run. However, after running that code (closing the html file and opening the new one), I have to manually refresh the results viewer by clicking view > refresh. Is there a way to get SAS to automatically refresh the results viewer window like it did before I created the new html file?

I am using SAS 9.3 TS Level 1M0.

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

ChrisHemedinger — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:19:56 GMT

There are a few notes here:

http://support.sas.com/kb/43/911.html

Especially Edit->Clear All might be the ticket for you...

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

cadams47 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 23:18:24 GMT

I see. I was just running those two lines by themselves. Once I ran my proc freq with those two lines, it worked. Thank you!

Re: Clearing Results Viewer in 9.3

mhoolsema — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:02:55 GMT

From the drop-down menu choose Tools -> Options -> Keys.

Then choose what F key you want to use (I use F12). Type this for they key shortcut you want.

F12 log;clear;output;clear;odsresults;clear;wpgm;

Then go to File -> Save while the KEYS window is active.

Now every time you press F12 this will send sas to your log window, clear it, send sas to your output window, clear it, send sas to your ODS results window, clear it, and then return to the enhanced program editor window.