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ExcelXP - Create an empty tab when dataset is empty

FrankE — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:57:01 GMT

Hi all,

I'm using the excelXP tagset to create an Excel workbook with 2 tabs. Sometimes one of the datasets is empty and the tab is not produced at all. In the case of an empty dataset, I'd still like to produce the tab with just a header row so the user knows the report was run but found no records. Suggestions?

Re: ExcelXP - Create an empty tab when dataset is empty

Peter_C — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:09:07 GMT

modify that empty dataset to have just one "missing" row, with something like this
- assuming the data set is named in &dataset and it is the kind of data set that will have a value for NOBS[pre]
data _null_ ;
if not nobs then
call execute( 'data &dataset; output ; set &dataset ; run ; ' ) ;
stop;
set &dataset nobs=nobs ;
run ;[/pre]seems to work for me

peterC

Re: ExcelXP - Create an empty tab when dataset is empty

FrankE — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:54:57 GMT

That worked perfectly! Thanks much!

Re: ExcelXP - Create an empty tab when dataset is empty

data_null__ — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:44:30 GMT

This method that I thought I learned from you seems more concise. Plus it does not rely on NOBS.

data &dataset;
if _n_ eq 1 and eof then output;
stop;
modify &dataset end=eof;
run;

Re: ExcelXP - Create an empty tab when dataset is empty

Peter_C — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:43:03 GMT

glad someone remembers 😉