ODS,Proc report & break (or lack of)

[_LB]

Hello all;
I am trying to introduce breaks between sections within a proc report statement. This works normally but not within the ODS statements as I read in the SAS guide to Report Writing.

Is there is an easy way to create white speaces between sections?
Pertinent code follows below. Thank you.

Lawrence


proc report data=priormonth nowd ;
column header _label_ bwcat1 bwcat2 bwcat3 bwcat4 bwcat5 total ;

define header /order format=H. Width=20 ' ' style={background=lavender} ;

define _label_ /width=20 " " ;
define bwcat1 / "BWCAT1 (0-750 grams)" format=5.0 ;
define bwcat2 /"BWCAT2 (750 - 1000 grams)" format=5.0 ;
define bwcat3 /"BWCAT3 (1001 - 1500 grams)" format=5.0 ;
define bwcat4 /"BWCAT4 (1501 - 2500 grams)" format=5.0 ;
define bwcat5 /"BWCAT5 (>2500 grams)" format=5.0 ;
define total /"TOTAL*" format=5.0 style={background=gold};
break after header /skip;

[sbb]

It would help to also include your ODS statement usage, since the SAS behavior may be different depending on whether it is HTML, PDF, etc.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
It is true that the SKIP option does not work with ODS in the manner that it works with LISTING.

However, you CAN use a LINE statement with ODS and PROC REPORT to accomplish the same thing that SKIP does. Relevant code snippet below.

(PS: WIDTH= is also ignored by ODS ... see this link for more "workarounds" for LISTING options that are not used by ODS (such as HEADLINE, WIDTH, etc)
http://support.sas.com/kb/2/549.html
http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/templateFAQ/report1.html)

cynthia

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define header /order format=H. Width=20 ' ' style={background=lavender} ;
... more code ...
break after header /skip;
compute after header;
line ' ';
endcomp;

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