Add Space After By Group ODS PDF

[SteveNZ]

Hi all,

I am trying to do something that should be simple but despite googling I can not find the answer. I have code that produces a contact history per client and all I want to do is increase the space between the tables. I know I can use a compute after page but then it puts the bottom border after the space and this looks horrible.

I've shown below where I want the space - can anyone please help?

I dont want to put the space above the table if possible as this will also look horrible (this is part of a wider report).

My code is:

options orientation = landscape 
			papersize = A4 
			nodate 
			nobyline
			nonumber 
			missing = ''
			nocenter 
			topmargin 		= "0cm"
			bottommargin 	= "0cm"
	        leftmargin 		= "1.5cm" 
	        rightmargin 	= "1cm" ;

	ods graphics  no ;
	goptions dev=png;

	ods noresults escapechar = '~' ;

	ods pdf file = "/Demog/test.pdf"  
					compress = 9
					uniform
					pdftoc = 1
					startpage = no
					style = Journal ;


	ods proclabel = "Contact History" ;

	title1 c='#0B8080' h=14pt f='Arial' bold 'Contact History'; 

	proc report data = contact_history nowd
			style(header)=[foreground = #0B8080 
					   	   font_size=12pt 
						   font_face = arial
						   fontstyle = roman
						   just = l
						   font_weight = light]
			style(column)=[font_size=10pt 
						   font_face = arial
						   just = left] 
			style(lines)=Header{font=(Arial, 12pt) 
						 bordertopcolor= white
						 foreground = #0B8080 just = l};

			by swn client ;

			column 	swn client contact cd_type_wid startdt profile_end ;

			define swn / noprint order order=internal ;
			define client / noprint ;
			define contact / 'Contact' style = {cellwidth = 8cm} ;
			define cd_type_wid / 'Type' style = {cellwidth = 3cm} ;
			define startdt / 'Start Date' format = ddmmyy10. style = {cellwidth = 3cm} ;
			define profile_end / 'End Date' style = {cellwidth = 3cm} ;

		   compute contact;
		      count+1;
		      if mod(count,2) then do;
		         call define(_row_, "style", "style=[background=#DBECEC]");
		      end;
		   endcomp;

			compute before _page_;
				pgstr = catx(' ',client,cats('(',swn,')'));
				line pgstr $varying100. ;
			endcomp;

			break after swn / page; 

		run ;	

	ods pdf close ;

Any help, really appreciated.

regards

Steve

[Reeza]

I'm going to guess you can do that with extra 'blank' LINE statements? If you get a line that you don't want, you can change it with the STYLE options?

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:

  Is this closer to the spacing you want:

Experiment with adding blanks in the COMPUTE BEFORE _PAGE_. After I made some fake data from SASHELP.CLASS, that's what gave me the wider gap between BY groups.

Cynthia

[BrunoMueller · Accepted solution]

In the compute blocks you can specify a style, this allows you to set the cell height.

See this code example, the yellow background is just to show the area that is taken by the compute after _page_ style definition.

You do need the LINE statement otherwise nothing is produced.

proc sort data=sashelp.class out=class_s;
  by age;
run;

ods pdf file="c:\temp\sample.pdf" startpage=no style=journal;

proc report data=class_s
  style(report) = { width=100pct }
;
  by age;

  column age name sex height;

  define age / display noprint;
  define name / display;
  define sex / display;
  define height / analysis sum;

  compute after _page_ / style={height=2cm background=yellow just=l BORDERBOTTOMcolor=white};
/*    line "after page for " age z4.;*/
    line " ";
  endcomp;
run;

ods pdf close;

[SteveNZ]

Thanks all for replying, really appreciated. Bruno your solution is perfect thanks. I was trying all sorts in the compute after page style but didn't have the line in. 

regards

Steve