To be pedantic, you can specify data set options on the output data set name in an ODS OUTPUT statement, just as you can in data set names elsewhere (including the DATA step).  There are not any DATA step capabilities in the ODS OUTPUT statement.  Out of curiosity, what do you want the ODS OUTPUT statement to do that it does not already do?  What is the problem with writing a DATA step?  As you are developing code (and presumably making mistakes) do you really want to submit the PROC step over and over instead of a small, fast, simple, DATA step? ... View more