Proc report change column headers

[jtcowder]

I have a data set that look as follows:

year	month	accrual
2017	2	2
2017	3	1
2017	4	0
2017	5	0
2017	6	0
2017	7	4
2017	8	1
2017	9	4
2017	10	5
2017	11	4
2017	12	4
2018	1	10
2018	2	8
2018	3	6
2018	4	9

my proc report that reads as:

proc report data=accrualwithzeroes;
   columns (month year,accrual);
   define month/'month' group order=internal format=months.;
   define year/'accrual' across;
   define accrual/'n';
run;

With the results as follows

	accrual
	2017	2018
month	n	n
Jan	.	10
Feb	2	8
Mar	1	6
Apr	0	9
May	0	.
Jun	0	.
Jul	4	.
Aug	1	.
Sep	4	.
Oct	5	.
Nov	4	.
Dec	4	.

Which looks mostly how I want it to, except I do want the 'n' to be there.  But, changing it to two single quotes in the define statement still leaves an empty cell there.

Is there a way in the report statement to put the 2017 and 2018 where the "n" is?

Or just do away with that column altogether and move the "month" title up in to the earlier row?

[Cynthia_sas · Accepted solution]

Hi:

  Yes, there are 2 ways to do what you want. Both methods are shown below.

Cynthia

data testdata;
  infile datalines;
  input year month accrual;
datalines;
2017	2	2
2017	3	1
2017	4	0
2017	5	0
2017	6	0
2017	7	4
2017	8	1
2017	9	4
2017	10	5
2017	11	4
2017	12	4
2018	1	10
2018	2	8
2018	3	6
2018	4	9
;
run;
  
proc report data=testdata;
   title 'Method 1 -- put numeric variable above ACROSS variable';
   columns (month accrual,year);
   define month/'month' group order=internal ;
   define year/'accrual' across;
   define accrual/' ';
run;
   
proc report data=testdata;
   title 'Method 2 -- move header for month into column statement';
   columns ('Month' month) year,accrual;
   define month/' ' group order=internal ;
   define year/'accrual' across;
   define accrual/' ';
run;

[jtcowder]

Cynthia

Thank you so much.

That was extremely helpful.

Jim