topic Re: PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN in SAS Procedures

PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN

no_hassles — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:48:13 GMT

SAS Community,

I am creating a PROC REPORT table (with SAS ODS PDF) where the number of columns exceeds what I can fit across on one page. The balance of the columns of data flow on to the second page and I would like to create a stub column (a repeat of the first column) to maintain a reference point for the data on the second page.

I have tried duplicating the first column after the column in the column statement following the natural break in the report, from page 1 to page 2, but PROC REPORT reformats the layout and I do not obtain the effect I want.

Can someone assist me with repeating the first column on the first page to the second page of the report to represent the balance of columns of data on the second page of the report?

Steve Dybas

Re: PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN

Tim_SAS — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:05:11 GMT

Such a column is called an "ID column." An ID column (and all the columns to its left) appears on every page of the report.

To specify a column as an ID column, add the ID option to the DEFINE statement for the column.

DEFINE MYCOL / ID;

Re: PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN

Ksharp — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:49:04 GMT

Or change

options papersize=(10in,20in);

to make PDF as big as enough to hold all these variables in a page.

Re: PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN

no_hassles — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:08:16 GMT

I wished I had seen that define in the examples I was combing over. Thanks!

Re: PROC REPORT STUB COLUMN

no_hassles — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:08:36 GMT

Thanks for your response.