Suppress Page Break for the BY Variable ODS PDF

[RussellAlmeida]

Hi,

I have a sorted dataset and am using the sorted fields in the #byval1-6 in the title, All the variables in the BYVAL are same except variable 6 which sometimes changes. I have approx 10 records and would like to print them in the single page by just adding a blank line if the value of the BY variable changes instead of going to the next page.

Version: SAS 9.1.3
OS : AIX
ODS PDF

Regards
Russell

[sbb]

My initial response is to suggest that you have total control with DATA step report generation.

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.


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[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
In addition to Scott's suggestion, PROC REPORT allows you to do something similar to BY processing via the use of BREAK processing on GROUP or ORDER variables. You can have a LINE statement write out a blank line when the value of a GROUP or ORDER variable (similar to your BY variable) changes.

The syntax would be something like (note untested code...not at my computer):
[pre]
ods pdf file='c:\temp\testbr.pdf';

proc report data=sashelp.class nowd;
title 'List of Students and Averages for Age, Height and Weight by Gender';
column sex name age height weight;
define sex / order;
define name / order;
define age / mean;
define height / mean;
define weight / mean;
break after sex / summarize;
compute after sex;
line ' ';
end;
run;

ods pdf close;
[/pre]

cynthia

[Peter_C]

Russel

have you seen the layout PROC PRINT provides when the ID variable list starts with all the BY variables?
For example[pre]proc sort data= sashelp.class(obs=6) out= class ;
by sex age ;
run ;
proc print ;
by sex ;
id sex age ;
var name height ;
run ;[/pre]The procedure inserts a blank line before each by-group[pre]The SAS System

Sex Age Name Height

F 13 Alice 56.5
13 Barbara 65.3
14 Carol 62.8

M 12 James 57.3
14 Alfred 69.0
14 Henry 63.5
[/pre]There are your blank lines between by-groups.
In the PDF destination you still get page breaks while you use the NOBYLINE option. I hope with this style of ID/BY combination you might feel comfortable using PROC PRINT without the NOBYLINE option.

PeterC punctuation helps, even when late 😉 Message was edited by: Peter.C

[sbb]

Here's a conference paper demonstrating how a PROC REPORT output can be customized and then generated with a DATA _NULL_ step:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi25/25/ad/25p032.pdf

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

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