topic Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART in ODS and Base Reporting

Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

AshP — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:34:07 GMT

I ma using ODS RTF along with multiple PROC GCHART steps to output 10-20 graphs to a rtf file. I would like to apply a footnote to the rtf file.

However, if I use a simple FOOTNOTE statement, the footnote is applied to each graph instead of being applied globally to the document. Any suggestions on how I can accomplish this?

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

Cynthia_sas — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:10:07 GMT

Hi:
Look at the NOGTITLE and NOGFOOTNOTE options for ODS RTF -- they tell ODS that the titles and footnotes should be under the control of RTF and not placed in the SAS/GRAPH image:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/odsug/61723/HTML/default/a002233360.htm

cynthia

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

Ksharp — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:15:15 GMT

Hi.Cynthia.
There is another resolution which sas-susport has mentioned.

Not use 'footnote' statement.
And add a 'proc report' at the end of the 'proc gchart' to print a footnote.

Ksharp

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:20:32 GMT

Yes, that is another solution. I prefer to move from the simple solution (such as using an OPTION) to the complex (a new PROC REPORT step) because the OPTION method has no consequence to the CONTENTS page (if one is generated) -- but with the extra PROC REPORT method -- an extra "CONTENTS" node would be generated.

Another method is to use ODS TEXT= to place text after the GCHART -- the only issue with this is that the text string would not go into the footer area of the document -- which may be what is desired.

I used to tell my beginning students that if you asked 3 SAS programmers how to do something you'd get 6 different solutions.

cynthia

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

Ksharp — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:37:17 GMT

Hi.Cynthia.
I am surprised that you are still not go to sleep ,at this time it is nearly to approach mid-night in U.S.

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:34:12 GMT

Only past midnight in the Eastern Time Zone. I'm in Mountain time and right now, it's only 10:30 pm. Still have a mystery to work on tonight.

cynthia

Re: Footnote when using ODS RTF with PROC GHART

AshP — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:36:09 GMT

Thank you, this helped me get what I needed! If anyone's interested in what I did:

I used GTITLE and NOGFOOTITLE in the ODS RTF statment so that my titles went on the individual graphs while the footnotes went in the footer of the rtf file.

However, this ended up also putting the titles in the headers of the rtf file; so I used blank "TITLE1;" statements to clear the saved titles every time I went to a new page with ODS STARTPAGE=NOW;