Insert Table in Word Doc

didagreen — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:04:57 GMT

I am an absolute SAS EG beginner, I speak SQL and only use proc SQL, import and export excel.

Here is an idea I am trying to achieve:

1. Import a word document with an indicator - <insert_data_set>

2. Run proc SQL, to generate the data set.

3. Run code to insert the generated data set in the imported word document.

I have grander ideas but I feel like this is a good place to start.

Any help, any old post recommendations, any suggestions.... would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time 🙂

Re: Insert Table in Word Doc

Reeza — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:42:27 GMT

Do you have the SAS add in for Microsoft Office?
Can I assume this could be considered a template and you want to drop your graph into a designed template?

Is it possible to move the full reporting to SAS? ODS Word is newer but it seems like it would help you in this case.

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=odsug&docsetTarget=p10mxeb6wxqfjgn1p5u0w4t8qf20.htm&docsetVersion=v_001&locale=en
https://www.sas.com/content/dam/SAS/support/en/sas-global-forum-proceedings/2019/3235-2019.pdf

Some other methods I've used historically for this include: VB Macros, VBS, Python, DDE (do not recommend!) or trying the Add In for Microsoft Office.
For template reports in Word, using the Mail Merge feature can be a really powerful way to generate a ton of reports that need to look identical, but change the region, sales group, class etc.