Inserting / Controlling text in EG 5.1 Custom Reports

[Trent]

Hi SAS folks,

I use custom reports all the time in EG, and despite their quirks they are a huge time-saver.

My problem:  I'd like to control various things like report section headings, dates etc via macro variables or similar, but I cannot seem to get them to evaluate within the custom reports.

For example, if I use a prompt in the report ("&CarMaker") to select Toyota and run my process flow, I'd like to have the word 'Toyota' and the current date (i.e. from the date() function) appear in the report title, preferably with some control over formatting:

______________________________

BIG SAS CAR REPORT

Make:  Toyota

Run Date: 28 November 2014

______________________________

I can easily enough get those bits of information into tables and insert in the report that way,  but I'd really love to get single lines of nice plain text in there as well that I can control procedurally.

Thanks for your time!

[Trent]

No suggestions?  Also I'm new here, so feel free to let me know if I'm asking in the wrong sub-forum,

Thanks

[Reeza]

How are you building your custom report?

[Trent]

Hi Reeza,

I the pick the output of an existing task, e.g. summary table or chart or map etc, then select Create > Report.  This creates a 'Custom Reports' process flow.

I then continue adding results of other task within the Modify Report > Edit Report Contents UI.

[Trent]

Is there a different place to post this?

Thanks again,

[Reeza]

No, this is the correct forum. I did look into it, but couldn't get any macro variables to resolve in header/footer.

I'm not sure if it's possible

[Trent]

Ah, never mind, I suppose I'll have to settle for the terms appearing in a table in the report.

Thanks for checking though!

[Reeza]

If you have them in a table, you can use a customized list or proc print or data _null_ step to get them to display nicely though. Not a great workaround, but a workaround.