Elements for Exporting

Export an XML document from a SAS data set by using the XMLMap that was created to import the XML document.

Restriction:

The engine supports exporting from one SAS data set only.

Syntax

OUTPUT

HEADING

ATTRIBUTE name="name" value="value"

TABLEREF name="name"

Elements

OUTPUT ^{XMLV2 Only}: is an optional element that contains one or more HEADING elements and one TABLEREF element for exporting a SAS data set as an XML document.

Requirement:If you specify version 1.9 or 2.1 in an XMLMap to export a SAS data set as an XML document, you must include the OUTPUT element in the XMLMap.

Example:Using an XMLMap to Export an XML Document with a Hierarchical Structure

HEADING ^{XMLV2 Only}: is an optional element that contains one or more ATTRIBUTE elements.

ATTRIBUTE name="name" value="value" ^{XMLV2 Only}

is an optional element that contains additional file attribute information for the exported XML document, such as a schema reference or other general attributes. The specified name-value pairs are added as attributes to the first generated element in the exported XML document, such as,

<NHL
                              description="Teams of the National Hockey League">

name="name": specifies a name for a file attribute, such as name="description".

value="value": specifies a value for the attribute, such as value="Teams of the National Hockey League".

TABLEREF name="name" ^{XMLV2 Only}

is an optional element that specifies the name of the table in the XMLMap to be exported.

name="name": specifies the name of the table in the XMLMap to be exported. The name must be unique in the XMLMap definition, and the name must be a valid SAS name, which can be up to 32 characters.

Restriction:You can specify one TABLEREF element only.

Requirement:The specified name must match a TABLE element name= attribute.