Ok, thanks. I think I've "tricked" it before similar to what you've done. If I recall correctly, I listed a second variable in the column statement based off the original variable, such as disp_reg=region (I might have that backwards), then I grouped by the original variable with a "noprint" option. Whatever the case, either method seems like a lot of work to simply correct a little formatting issue of displaying a value. Maybe this could be a new option in an upcoming version. The option could be in the Define statement.
The reason I need this is that there are some reports where there aren't many "blanks" in the grouped variable. I might be grouping on a few different variables, and most of the groupings result in one completely populated line. Occasionally a second value appears for the same grouped variable, resulting in a "blank" for the preceding grouped variable, and to the casual observer it appears like my report is missing a value. Users of the report don't always recall that the blank really means it's the same as the value above. Another reason why it can be handy to have the report display all the "group" variables is for when users want to copy the report (generally an html page) and paste into excel. To work with data like that, you want all the fields populated. I can't simply use "display", though, because I want the functionality of rolling up the data by the grouped variable. You get the idea. Thanks.