Remove Table1 from Table of Contents

[luenhchang]

Hi,

I have been successful in getting multiple tables exported to a single rtf file using ODS RTF and PROC REPORT. I am now trying to add a table of contents preceding the tables. I firstly tested the code with just a few tables. A TOC was generated with no problems. But Table 1 was placed right under the text that I specified with ODS PROCLABEL=. I then tried to remove the Table 1 using the code from Problem Note 31278: Table 1 node generated by PROC REPORT . The code worked. I then use the code in my script. Unfortunately, all the tables were split into one row per page. I think the problem is with the BREAK BEFORE. All my tables were displayed correctly (i.e. rows are not split) when I commented out the BREAK BEFORE statement but "Table 1" reappeared. I don't know how exactly the count variable works from the link.

Here is the code for my first table

/*---------------------------------------------------------------import data into SAS-------------------------------------------------------*/
data output.chapter2_tableSup&table_order.; 
	set &tData_uniVarBin_t1t2Count.	;
	gap01='';	
	gap02='';
	gap03='';
/*Create a variable to remove third node. This node iscontrolled by the BREAK BEFORE statement*/
	report_3rd_node_breaker=1;  
	OBSNO=_N_;
run;

/*--------------------------------Add titles and footnotes----------------------------------------------------------*/
proc sort data=	output.chapter2_tableSup&table_order.; by OBSNO report_3rd_node_breaker; run;

/*Get text for the 1st node of Table of Contents from a SAS macro variable
The first node is controlled with the ODS PROCLABEL statement. 
*/
ODS PROCLABEL="&&chapter2_suppTableContent&table_order."	;
 
title4 J=L /*this is the table title*/
		font='Times New Roman' 
		h=10pt 
		"&&chapter2_tableSuppTitle&table_order." 
	;  

/*-----------------------------------------------------------Add table body-----------------------------------------------------------*/
proc report	data=output.chapter2_tableSup&table_order.
					contents=""  /*Remove default 2nd node*/
					nowd 
					split='|'
					style(report)={width=100%  
								   cellpadding=8px
								   font_face='Times New Roman' 
								   font_size=10pt 
								   borderwidth=1.5pt /* border thickness*/ 
								   background = TRANSPARENT}
				    style(header)={just=left 
								   font_weight=bold 
								   font_face='Times New Roman' 
								   font_size=10pt 
								   font_style=roman 
								   protectspecialchars = OFF 
								   background = TRANSPARENT}
					 style(column)={font_face='Times New Roman' 
									font_size=10pt 
									background = TRANSPARENT}
     ;

/*The COLUMN statement is used to list each report column*/
column 	varGroup OBSNO report_3rd_node_breaker depVar  

	gap01 
	("\brdrb\brdrdot\brdrw5\brdrcf1 MZ twin pairs (twin1, twin2)" 
		twinCPair_MZ_0_0 twinCPair_MZ_0_1 twinCPair_MZ_1_0 twinCPair_MZ_1_1 	)

	gap02 
	("\brdrb\brdrdot\brdrw5\brdrcf1 DZ twin pairs (twin1, twin2)" 
		twinCPair_DZ_0_0 twinCPair_DZ_0_1 twinCPair_DZ_1_0 twinCPair_DZ_1_1 		)	

	gap03
	sum_completePairs	N_twinNonMissDepVar; 
    
%def_group(	cVar=varGroup	/*variable name*/
						,option=group			/*specify option=order if to order data alphabeticall; = group if not to order data*/
						,cName=Scale /*column header*/
						,cWide=2 cm	
						,headerAlign=left		/*alignment of header text in a column: left, center, right*/
						,colAlign=left 			/*alignment of content in a column: left, center, right, d (decimal point) */
						);

DEFINE OBSNO / ORDER NOPRINT;
DEFINE  report_3rd_node_breaker	/	ORDER NOPRINT;

%def_display(	cVar=depVar,							cName=Diagnosis,	 cWide=3.5 cm, headerAlign=left, colAlign=left);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_MZ_0_0,	cName=(0, 0),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_MZ_0_1,	cName=(0, 1),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_MZ_1_0,	cName=(1, 0),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_MZ_1_1,	cName=(1, 1),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);

%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_DZ_0_0,	cName=(0, 0),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_DZ_0_1,	cName=(0, 1),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_DZ_1_0,	cName=(1, 0),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);
%def_display(	cVar=twinCPair_DZ_1_1,	cName=(1, 1),	 cWide=1 cm,	headerAlign=right);

%def_display(	cVar=sum_completePairs,	cName=Total twin pairs,	 cWide=2.5 cm,	headerAlign=right);	
%def_display(	cVar=N_twinNonMissDepVar,	cName=Total twin individuals,	 cWide=1.5 cm, headerAlign=right);

/*Define all the gap variables*/
%def_display(	cVar=gap01	,cName=			,isFmt=N	,cFmt=					,cWide=0.2%);
%def_display(	cVar=gap02	,cName=			,isFmt=N	,cFmt=					,cWide=0.2%);
%def_display(	cVar=gap03	,cName=			,isFmt=N	,cFmt=					,cWide=0.2%);

/*Add horitzontal lines under every occurence of dependent variable column*/
compute varGroup;
	if varGroup not="" then call define (_row_
															,'style'
															,'style={bordertopcolor=cyan bordertopwidth=1}');
endcomp;

compute after _page_ /style={just=l 
							 font_size=10pt 
							 font_face='Times New Roman'  
							 borderbottomcolor=white 
							 bordertopcolor=black};
endcomp;

break before report_3rd_node_breaker/ page contents=""; /*remove 3rd node*/
run;

Here is the code for creating the RTF file with the table

options	missing = ' '  	/*Specifies the character to print for missing numeric values.*/ 
			center 			/*Specifies whether to center or left align SAS procedure output*/
			nodate 			/*suppress default print of data time that this SAS program executed*/
			nonumber 	/*suppress default print of page number on first title line of each page*/
			orientation=	landscape /*orientation=portrait */
		;
TITLE1; TITLE2;

options	bottommargin = 	2 cm 
   		topmargin = 			2 cm 
   		rightmargin = 			2 cm 
   		leftmargin = 			2 cm 
		; 

/*suppress the warning that a quoted string that exceeds 262 characters in length*/
options NOQUOTELENMAX ; 

/*Store table title text CSV file in SAS macro variables and values*/
%include	"&SAS_script_dir.\supp-table-title-text_to_SAS-macro-var.sas" ;
%include	"&SAS_script_dir.\import_supplementary-table_table-of-contents.sas" ; 

/* first tell ODS what character will be used as the ODS ESCAPECHAR character value*/
ods escapechar='~';
ods escapechar='^';

ods _all_ close; 
ods rtf file=		"&report_dir.\PhD-thesis_supplementary-tables_%sysfunc(date(), yymmdd10.).rtf" 
		style=		Journal
		contents 
		toc_data ; 
		 ; /*contents toc_data:  show table of contents*/

/*Table S2-1*/
%let table_order	=	1;
%let tData_uniVarBin_t1t2Count=		output.manu1_count_twin_paris ; 
%let tScript_uniVarBin_t1t2Count=	Ch2_tabSup01_count-twin-pairs_binary-outcomes; 
%include	"&destin_script_dir.\&tScript_uniVarBin_t1t2Count..sas";

/*------------------ close ODS RTF device----------------------------------------------------*/
ods rtf close;
ods listing;

I printscreened the first two pages in my RTF file. The TOC looks right. But Table S2-1 (10 rows) is split into 10 pages with just one row per page.

I do have 10 rows in my SAS data set:

 

My table looks right after I commented out the BREAK BEFORE statement

*break before report_3rd_node_breaker/ page contents=""; /*remove 3rd node*/

But the unwanted Table1 appeared in my TOC:

I am looking forward to a solution/workaround. It would be great if someone can explain how the count variable works. 

Cheers,

Chang

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Hi:
When I use this BREAK BEFORE technique I ALWAYS put the breaking variable first on the COLUMN statement, as shown in the Tech Support note....where the breaking variable is COUNT and COUNT is first on the COLUMN statement.

You need this order because the breaking variable like COUNT or your report_3rd_node_breaker needs to be the first thing on the COLUMN statement to get rid of the Table 1 node. That was my understanding of why it needed to be a dummy/helper variable. Have you tried moving your breaking variable first???

Cynthia

[luenhchang]

Thank you very much, Cynthia. Placing the dummy variable as the first thing in the COLUMN statement works. 

I am having other problems with the TOC. Can you take a look?

https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Text-truncated-in-RTF-Table-of-contents-amp-ch...