The TEMPLATE Procedure

Procedure Syntax

Availability:

The LIST statement and the STORE= option are available in Version 8 of the SAS System

PROC TEMPLATE;

DEFINE definition-type definition-path< / STORE=libname.template-store>;

statements-and-attributes

END;

DELETE definition-path< / STORE=libname.template-store >;

EDIT definition-path-1 <AS definition-path-2> < / STORE=libname.template-store > ;

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END;

LINK definition-path-1 definition-path-2 </ <NOTES ='text' <STORE=libname.template-store>>>;

LIST <starting-path></ option(s)>;

PATH location(s);

SOURCE definition-path </ FILE='file-specification'><STORE=libref.template-store>;

TEST DATA=SAS-data-set< / STORE=libname.template-store>;

To do this ... Use this statement

Create a definition for a table, column, header, footer, or style DEFINE

Delete the specified definitions DELETE

Edit an existing definition EDIT

Create a link to an existing definition LINK

List items in one or more template stores LIST

Specify which locations to search for definitions, as well as the order in which to search for them PATH

View the source code for the specified definition SOURCE

Test the most recently created definition by binding it to the specified data set TEST

To do this ...	Use this statement
Create a definition for a table, column, header, footer, or style	DEFINE
Delete the specified definitions	DELETE
Edit an existing definition	EDIT
Create a link to an existing definition	LINK
List items in one or more template stores	LIST
Specify which locations to search for definitions, as well as the order in which to search for them	PATH
View the source code for the specified definition	SOURCE
Test the most recently created definition by binding it to the specified data set	TEST

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