How to use a macro created using proc SQL and using it in ODS text statement

[mmohotsi]

I have created two macros using PROC SQL from a table attached as follows

proc sql;
create table March_Quarter_Begin as
select March as MarchStart from prototype
where Milestone = 'Quarter_Start';
select cats('',put(MarchStart,WORDDATX19.),'') into : Kotara_start from March_Quarter_begin;
quit;run;

proc sql;
create table March_Quarter_end as
select March as MarchEnd from prototype
where Milestone = 'Quarter_Stop';
select cats('',put(MarchEnd,WORDDATX19.),'') into : Kotara_end from March_Quarter_end;
quit;run;

I then created a pdf report using the code below.

ods pdf file = "&TMC_Report\Weekly_TMC_Performance_Report.pdf_file" notoc;
ods text = "Quarter performance: &Kotara_start to &Kotara_end";
Proc report data=Prototype;
run;

The results are in the pdf file attached.

The problem is that the dates are showing on two rows instead of a single row in the report.

Is there something I am not doing correct?

Please assist?

Regards

MMohotsi

[s_lassen · Accepted solution]

To me it looks like the title may be too long for the margin/page settings you have in your report. I think that is because CATS normally returns a result of length 200, you can use the TRIMMED options to ret rid of trailing blanks:

select cats('',put(MarchStart,WORDDATX19.),'') into : Kotara_start TRIMMED from March_Quarter_begin;