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[m88mukul]

Hello sir/ma'am,  I am new to SAS. Can you please tell me as to why I am unable to use proc report features ( headskip, headline etc)in SAS university edition? Is it same for licenced version as well?

[SASKiwi · Accepted solution]

The features of PROC REPORT are all the same as long as you are using the same SAS version and maintenance level, for example SAS 9.4M6.

The features you mention only apply to LISTING output, not to other types of output like HTML which I suspect is the default with SAS UE:

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=proc&docsetTarget=n1dz7jdasx5t56n1rmlx346dyk6n.htm&docsetVer...

[m88mukul]

thankyou!

[ballardw]

FYI, Proc Report goes back to the days of all output went to a line printer and still supports that output. However most of the recent output goes to different types of display files such as HTML, PDF and RTF. Those files don't support line printer commands just as line printers don't support HTML appearance options.

[Cynthia_sas]

And, to add my .02 -- in this modern day and age, nobody wants to see lines drawn with dashes or equal signs in tables. HTML tables don't need DOL or DUL or HEADLINE or HEADSKIP or PANELS or BOX. The LISTING only options were designed for a monospace font meant to be printed on a line printer, where you got exactly 10 or 12 characters per inch on a line horizontally and approximately 6 lines for every inch of vertical space. Those constructs do not apply for HTML, RTF, PDF or Excel or PowerPoint destinations.

Cynthia