topic Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window? in SAS Programming

Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

Jack2012 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:02:14 GMT

Dear All,

I have one wired question noticed recent days.

Suppose I have a group variable with 3 levels(like 1, 2 and 3), when I do an analysis by use BY Group statement, in the past, I can get the information in the output with header : Group=1 xxx; Group=2 xxx; Group=3 xxx; But recent days I can't see this. I can all these results in the output are stacked. It is not convenient to decide which page to which page is the result for group 1, 2 and 3, respecitvely, easily, do you know if there is an option that can control this ?

I use SAS 9.4 .

Thanks,

Jack.

Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

RW9 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:00:24 GMT

Hi,

Sorry, you will need to clarify your question, show example test data in a datastep, and what the output should look like and what code you are running. You can get group information in a title or such like by:

ods rtf file="....rtf";
proc print data=sashelp.class;
  by sex;
  title "Gender=#byval1";
run;
ods rtf close;

Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

Rick_SAS — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:19:32 GMT

What has recently changed about the data or the program? We might need a screenshot of the output or the program that gerneates the output.

Could there have been a change to the label of the BY variable? Compare the following analyses. If the BY variable does not have a label, then the header is

BYVAR_NAME=Level

but if a label exists you will get

BYVAR_LABEL=Level

proc sort data=sashelp.cars out=cars;
by origin;
run;

title "Output when BY variable does not have a label";
proc means data=cars;
by origin;
var mpg:;
run;


title "Output when BY variable has a label";
proc means data=cars;
label origin="My Group";
by origin;
var mpg:;
run;

Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

ballardw — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:03:10 GMT

You might get this behavior if the BYLINE system option has been set to NOBYLINE.

It would be very simple to try:

options byline;

before the program and see if that fixes this.

Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

Jack2012 — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:43:07 GMT

Thanks for your advice. I will attached the shot in future. Not resolved.

Re: Why there is NO group=xx in the output window?

Jack2012 — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:44:08 GMT

Hi Rick,

I think it is due to the BYLINE options.

Now resolved.

Thanks.

Jack.