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[twildone]

Hi,

I am trying to create a report using ods pdf proc report and separating the dataset into separate tables on different pages using "BY Customer_Number". This part works fine. The problem I am having is that I would like extract the appropriate Customer_Number, Name and Address and placing these corresponding values in the title on each page that represent the appropriate data results. The dataset that I using for the report is similiar to the one below:

Customer_Number	Name	Address	Item_Number	Sale_Price
1654	Smith J.	123 Lowe	23127687	100.34
1654	Smith J.	123 Lowe	32146745	54.35
1721	Anderson B.	34 Buffalo	11450955	37.89
1922	Rae S.	6709 Mayfair	78663456	115.78

I would like the pdf file to look like the following where the first row is actually the title:

1654	Smith J.	123 Lowe
	Item_Number	Sale_Price
	23127687	100.34
	32146745	54.35

1721	Anderson B.	34 Buffalo
	Item_Number	Sale_Price
	11450955	37.89

1922	Rae S.	6709 Mayfair
	Item_Number	Sale_Price
	78663456	115.78

I wonder if someone can help...thanks...

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
Look up the use of #BYVAR and #BYVAL special syntax commands, which are ways for you to use BY variables in the TITLE statement on your reports from many different procedures (not just PROC REPORT). I believe there have been previous postings on the use of #BYVAR and #BYVAL and I know there are examples in the documentation. So it should be fairly easy to find.

cynthia

[twildone]

Hi Cynthia, I may not have been clear to exactly what I was hoping to achieve. I was hoping that I would be able to Call these BY Values into a title statement such as in title statement TITLE3 in the following: TITLE1 JUSTIFY=CENTER BOLD HEIGHT=12PT FONT="Arial" "Listing of Sales"; TITLE2 " "; TITLE3 JUSTIFY=LEFT HEIGHT=9PT FONT=Arial "Customer Number: #BYVAL(1)" JUSTIFY=CENTER "Name: #BYVAL(2)" JUSTIFY=RIGHT "Address: #BYVAL(3)"; TITLE4 " "; TITLE5 "^{style[bordertopwidth=2px bordertopcolor=black] &tstr}";

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Well, you don't show your BY statement -- are the data sorted by all 3 BY variables? In order to use #BYVAL you either use the syntax #BYVAL(varname) or #BYVAL1, #BYVAL2. I believe if you are going to use the numbers as reference, you don't use parens with the number form. Check the doc.

cynthia

[Ksharp]

You'd better post a picture to display what output you need . What is your output destination ? PDF RTF ?

data have;
input (Customer_Number Name Address) (&$20.) Item_Number Sale_Price ;
cards;
1654  Smith J.  123 Lowe  23127687  100.34
1654  Smith J.  123 Lowe  32146745  54.35
1721  Anderson B.  34 Buffalo  11450955  37.89
1922  Rae S.  6709 Mayfair  78663456  115.78
;
run;

proc report data=have nowd noheader;
column Customer_Number Name Address dummy Item_Number Sale_Price;
define Customer_Number /order noprint;
define Name /order noprint;
define Address /order noprint;
define dummy/computed ;
compute dummy/char length=10;
 dummy=' ';
endcomp;
compute before Address ;
 line @1 Customer_Number $20. +4 Name $20. +4 Address $20. ;
 line @22 "Item_Number" +20 "Sale_Price";
endcomp;
quit;