: Support for format and informat names longer than 8 characters was introduced, allowing for more descriptive labels within data and reports. Recommended Tools for Modern SAS 9 reporting
The Output Delivery System has been enhanced to support many new styles of markup, along with custom markup tag sets. SAS Support Sas Version 9.0
proc print data=summary_data noobs label; where type = 3; /* Region*Product combinations */ var Region Product TotalUnits TotalRevenue AvgUnits AvgRevenue; format TotalRevenue dollar12.2 AvgRevenue dollar10.2; label TotalUnits = "Total Units Sold" TotalRevenue = "Total Revenue" AvgUnits = "Average Units per Year" AvgRevenue = "Average Revenue per Year"; run; : Support for format and informat names longer
Small, single-user workloads sometimes ran slower in SAS 9.0 than in SAS 8.2. Metaserver lookups added milliseconds, and security checks at the library level incurred overhead. The remedy (which came in later 9.x releases) was connection pooling and local metadata caching. Metaserver lookups added milliseconds
: Provided improved layout capabilities for creating functional, visually appealing scorecards and reports, moving beyond basic templates to more object-oriented output control.
