Producing a report for each record

[deleted_user]

I produce a weekly SAS data set for which I would like to print one record per page for the staff member who will be using it. I'd like it to look something like this:

Page 1:
ID #:
XXXXXX
Name:
XXXXX, XXX
City:
XXXXXXXX

Page 2:
ID #:
YYYYYYY
Name:
YYYYY, YYY
City:
YYYYY

I know I can use the Reports function in Microsoft Access or Mail Merge in MS Word, but is there a way to get SAS to do this? I tried using PROC PRINT with a BY statement. However, the staff member specifically asked for it not to be a line listing, and I haven't been able to get PROC PRINT to give me anything else.

Thanks! I just realized that this is probably in the wrong forum. I'd welcome any help, but I'm going to repost it in the procedures forum.

Message was edited by: JS2008

[deleted_user]

Alas, no quick way of doing this with a procedure occurs to me (which is not to say one doesn't exist).

You can roll your own with a data _null_ step;

data _null_;
set your_list_of_names;
page + 1;
put "Page:" page/
"ID #:"/
idnum/
"Name:"/
last "," first/
"City:"/
cityName;
put _page_;
run;

The "/" moves to a new line; the put _page_ forces a page eject. Elaborations based on the n=ps option of the file statement and the put #pagenum
put statement are possible.

Jonathan


> I produce a weekly SAS data set for which I would
> like to print one record per page for the staff
> member who will be using it. I'd like it to look
> something like this:
>
> Page 1:
> ID #:
> XXXXXX
> Name:
> XXXXX, XXX
> City:
> XXXXXXXX
>
> Page 2:
> ID #:
> YYYYYYY
> Name:
> YYYYY, YYY
> City:
> YYYYY
>
> I know I can use the Reports function in Microsoft
> Access or Mail Merge in MS Word, but is there a way
> to get SAS to do this? I tried using PROC PRINT with
> a BY statement. However, the staff member
> specifically asked for it not to be a line listing,
> and I haven't been able to get PROC PRINT to give me
> anything else.
>
> Thanks!
>
> I just realized that this is probably in the wrong
> forum. I'd welcome any help, but I'm going to repost
> it in the procedures forum.
>
> age was edited by: JS2008