topic Re: Add a Header Row After Exporting to Excel in SAS Programming

Add a Header Row After Exporting to Excel

BEANIE_SIGH — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:01:46 GMT

I am very beginner at sas. I made a table in sas using proc sql.

Then I exported to excel with this code which I was told should put a title on the table. However, while it printed onto the excel, theres no title at the top. Not sure what else I can do.

ods excel file="C:\Users\Name\Documents\EPI 612\Lab1Table1Excel.xlsx"

     options (sheet_name="Rates");

     title "Rates for 2025";

     proc print data=final_rates_tab noobs label;

run;

ods excel close;

Re: Add a Header Row After Exporting to Excel

Quentin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:31:27 GMT

Check the header of the file. By default the title is not written to a cell in the spreadsheet, instead it is written to the header.

I think in Excel you can still do Page Setup to see the headers.

Re: Add a Header Row After Exporting to Excel

Kathryn_SAS — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:33:41 GMT

With the ODS EXCEL destination, you need to use the EMBEDDED_TITLES= suboption as shown below:

ods excel file="C:\Users\Name\Documents\EPI 612\Lab1Table1Excel.xlsx"
     options (sheet_name="Rates" embedded_titles='yes');

The documentation shows the other suboptions that are useful:

ODS EXCEL Options