When is ods path .... (write)?

[xxformat_com]

Hi,

Can you think of an example where ods path ....(write) is used ?  ods path ....(read/update) usually do what I need.

Regards,

[Athenkosi]

The ODS PATH statement is used to manage the template stores, for reading and saving templates.

Template store can have one of three access modes: read, write and update.

READ: You can only read templates to a template store

UPDATE: You can read or write templates to a template, if the template store does not exist a new one is created.

WRITE: You can read or write templates to a template, a new template store is always created

[xxformat_com]

I was not looking for a copy of the sas online documentation.

[data_null__]

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@xxformat_com wrote:

I was not looking for a copy of the sas online documentation.

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Interesting comment.  Not here to make friends?

WRITE

provides Write access (always creating a new template store) as well as Read access.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

You use WRITE when you want to make sure that the template store is re-initialized, e.g. when a lot of cruft has accumulated in it

[xxformat_com]

Thank you Kurt

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
And to add more info to @Kurt_Bremser's response: You should NEVER attempt to define SASHELP.TMPLMST as WRITE or UPDATE in an ODS PATH statement, since that is the item store delivered with each SAS install depot. If you're lucky, you won't ruin the template store because your administrators made it read only. If you're unlucky, you can accidentally render SASHELP.TMPLMST unusable.
Cynthia