In 9.4M3, ODS EXCEL is new.
Previously, ODS Tagsets.ExcelXP has been the mainstay for generating Excel spreadsheet. I would like to refer to SAS KB #44126 "ASIS=ON does not maintain leading or trailing blanks in the output generated by the ExcelXP tagset".
It appears that ODS EXCEL still does not honor ASIS=ON or PRETEXT options in the CALL DEFINE statement. If so, I would have to continue to use Tagsets.ExcelXP? Thanks.
I used the code from that SAS Knowledge Base note you referenced. The note suggests a workaround using the MSOffice2K tagset. I ran that PROC REPORT code using the ODS Excel destination in SAS University Edition, and it works!
This is the code I tried:
%let path=/folders/myfolders/ODS Excel examples;
ODS EXCEL FILE="&path/Use ASIS=ON.xlsx";
proc report data=sashelp.cars nowd;
col origin cylinders mpg_highway mpg_city;
define origin / group;
define cylinders / group;
define mpg_highway / mean format=4.;
define mpg_city / mean format=4.;
compute origin;
if origin ne "Europe" then do;
call define(_col_,"style","style={pretext=' ' asis=on}");
end;
endcomp;
run;
ODS EXCEL CLOSE;
And this is the output:
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