Hi:
I don't quite see what you mean by "subgroup label comes out for all groups and subgroups and I only want it at the top". When I use your code with some dummy data, I get the table shown below. Do you mean the word "group" or the word "all" or the word "Overall" in the table below. Or, do you want to make the top row header with "group" disappear entirely and place some information in the BOX area (above the row header area line)????
cynthia
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| | var1 | var2 | var3 | var4 | var5 |
|-----------------------+------+------+------+------+------|
|group | | | | | | |
|-----------+-----------| | | | | |
|CANADA |EAST | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |WEST | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |FURNITURE | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |OFFICE | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |CHAIR | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |SOFA | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |all | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
|-----------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
|GERMANY |EAST | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |WEST | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |FURNITURE | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |OFFICE | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |CHAIR | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |SOFA | 96| 96| 96| 96| 96|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |all | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
|-----------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
|Overall |EAST | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |WEST | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |FURNITURE | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |OFFICE | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |CHAIR | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |SOFA | 192| 192| 192| 192| 192|
| |-----------+------+------+------+------+------|
| |all | 384| 384| 384| 384| 384|
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