topic Survival Macro title change in SAS Programming

Survival Macro title change

GS2 — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:45:39 GMT

Hello,

Using SAS 9.4

I am trying to change the title of a proc lifetest but using the %ProvideSurvivalMacros and the documentation that comes from here (https://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/67523/HTML/default/viewer.htm#statug_kaplan_sect015.htm).

However, I cannot seem to get the title to change. I have attached my code because I am obviously missing something. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

data _null_;
   %let url = //support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/stat/ex_code/132;
   infile "http:&url/templft.html" device=url;
   file 'macros.tmp';
   retain pre 0;
   input;
   if index(_infile_, '</pre>') then pre = 0;
   if pre then put _infile_;
   if index(_infile_, '<pre>')  then pre = 1;
run;
%inc 'macros.tmp' / nosource;
%ProvideSurvivalMacros                  
%let TitleText0 = "Figure 1";
%CompileSurvivalTemplates   
ODS LISTING image_dpi=300 GPATH = 'path' style=statistical;
ODS GRAPHICS ON / IMAGENAME = "Figure 1" IMAGEFMT=tiff HEIGHT=5in WIDTH=15cm 
	attrpriority=Color; 
proc lifetest data=cr.analysis OUTCIF=cif_output atrisk plots=cif(test) maxtime=600 NINTERVAL=100 timelist= 0 25 50 75 100 200 300 400 500 600;
	time tt_censor_date*binary_amputation(0)/eventcode=1;
	label tt_censor_date = 'Time (in wks) from DOS to Censor Date'
			gender = 'Gender';
	strata gender;
	ods output GrayTest=graytest;
run;
proc template;
   delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival  /
          store=sasuser.templat;
   delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival2 /
          store=sasuser.templat;
run;

Re: Survival Macro title change

ballardw — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:53:43 GMT

Sometimes you need to read the fine print as well as the code example. From the linked documentation page: (emphasis added )

There are multiple title macro variables because two different types of plots are defined in the survival plot templates. The first macro variable, TitleText0, contains the text that is the same for both types of plots. The second macro variable, TitleText1, contains the title for the single-stratum case. The third macro variable, TitleText2, contains the title for the multiple-strata case. Both TitleText1 and TitleText2 use the common text defined in TitleText0. Both TitleText0 and TitleText2 were changed from their original definition; the definition of TitleText1 was copied from the %ProvideSurvivalMacros macro. You must provide all relevant %LET statements when you modify TitleText0. In this case it is TitleText0 and TitleText2, but it is easy to copy all three and then just modify what you need. Alternatively, when you know the number of strata, you can modify only TitleText1 or TitleText2.

So add the the other 2 TitleText macro variables and you should be good to go.

Re: Survival Macro title change

GS2 — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:08:28 GMT

I added the 2 lines and that did not fix the problem. Do you have any other thoughts on why this is not working? Thank you

data _null_;
   %let url = //support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/stat/ex_code/132;
   infile "http:&url/templft.html" device=url;
   file 'macros.tmp';
   retain pre 0;
   input;
   if index(_infile_, '</pre>') then pre = 0;
   if pre then put _infile_;
   if index(_infile_, '<pre>')  then pre = 1;
run;
%ProvideSurvivalMacros                   
%let TitleText0 = "Figure 1";
%let TitleText1 = &titletext0 " for " STRATUMID;
%let TitleText2 = &titletext0;
%CompileSurvivalTemplates   
ODS LISTING image_dpi=300 GPATH = 'path' style=statistical;
ODS GRAPHICS ON / IMAGENAME = "Figure 1" IMAGEFMT=tiff HEIGHT=5in WIDTH=15cm 
	attrpriority=Color; 
proc lifetest data=cr.analysis OUTCIF=cif_output atrisk plots=cif(test) maxtime=600 NINTERVAL=100 timelist= 0 25 50 75 100 200 300 400 500 600;
	time tt_censor_date*binary_amputation(0)/eventcode=1;
	label tt_censor_date = 'Time (in wks) from DOS to Censor Date'
			gender = 'Gender';
	strata gender;
	ods output GrayTest=graytest;
run;
proc template;
   delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival  /
          store=sasuser.templat;
   delete Stat.Lifetest.Graphics.ProductLimitSurvival2 /
          store=sasuser.templat;
run;

Re: Survival Macro title change

ballardw — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:17:43 GMT

I don't have your data so cannot run all your code.

Is your log showing any warnings or errors? If so, set OPTIONS MPRINT; to get details of what is happening when the macros run and see if that shows anything.

Re: Survival Macro title change

GS2 — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:54:51 GMT

I realize the lack of data is a challenge. The log does not have any obvious errors, at least to me. Thank you for your attempts