topic Re: Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print in SAS Programming

Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print

PaalNavestad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:55:27 GMT

Hi, I have to create data in a sepcific form in Excel. I need blank rows and blank columns to conform with some Excel Macros that are using the data. I can easily create the structure, but when I'm outputting the data I get missing represented as . instead of balnk as the macro need.

I'm pretty certain that I seen some tips on this before but can't find them now.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction

Re: Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:59:15 GMT

How do you create the spreadsheet?

Look at

options missing=" ";

Re: Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print

japelin — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:01:10 GMT

try use " options missing=''; "

Re: Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print

PaalNavestad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:08:05 GMT

Thanks a million Kurt, i knew there was an option but colud not find i. Searched for printmiss.

I created the excel file as below. (Lot's of code above the get the data in the right way. The challenge here was the spacer column. That could have been solved by creating the data with space culmn as a char column. However I also need blank lines to fit a format, and then the '.' representation would create havoc. Again thanks a lot

proc sort data = work.struct_withNbrsSum_trsp;
	by group shipper_id;
run;
options missing=" ";
ods excel file = '/shared/winshare/teams_no/SAS_General/subsurface/prod/GGRE_OUT/STFMonthlyShipper/testxlsx.xlsx' 
	 options(sheet_interval="bygroup"
           suppress_bylines="yes"
           sheet_label=" "
           embedded_titles="yes"
           embed_titles_once="yes" 
           );

proc print data=work.struct_withNbrsSum_trsp ;
	by group;
	
run;

ods excel close;

Re: Write missing as '' instead of . in ODS Excel using proc print

PaalNavestad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:09:20 GMT

Thanks a lot I had already gotten the tip and it works.