why is proc report displaying more than once when using "Order"?

[HitmonTran]

Hi,

my output is displaying 'System Organ Class' for every row when I only want to display it for the first row per SOC. 

It works (display only once) when I don't use variable 'seq'. However, when that is added, it stop working.

 current:

want:

data:

MHSOC	MHPT	SEQ
Total		1
Blood and lymphatic system disorders	Total	2
Blood and lymphatic system disorders	Anaemia	3
Cardiac disorders	Total	4
Cardiac disorders	Angina pectoris	5
Cardiac disorders	Atrial fibrillation	6
Cardiac disorders	Atrial flutter	7
Cardiac disorders	Cardiac failure	8
Cardiac disorders	Myocardial infarction	9
Cardiac disorders	Myocardial ischaemia	10
Congenital, familial and genetic disorders	Total	11
Congenital, familial and genetic disorders	Gilbert's syndrome	12
Congenital, familial and genetic disorders	Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome	13
Endocrine disorders	Total	14
Endocrine disorders	Goitre	15
Endocrine disorders	Hyperparathyroidism	16
Endocrine disorders	Hyperthyroidism	17
Endocrine disorders	Hypothyroidism	18
Endocrine disorders	Testicular failure	19
Endocrine disorders	Thyroid disorder	20
Endocrine disorders	Thyroid mass	21
Eye disorders	Total	22
Eye disorders	Cataract	23
Eye disorders	Diabetic retinopathy	24
Eye disorders	Pterygium	25
Eye disorders	Retinopathy hypertensive	26

ods rtf file="&analydir.\Output\t_3_mh.rtf" style=rtf_box ;*rtf_fda ;
ods escapechar='^';
 

proc report nowd headline headskip split='|' data=allmh2 spacing=2 missing spanrows
	style(report)=[rules=groups frame=hsides]; 
	cols  seq mhsoc mhpt Thoracic Urologic ENT total;
	
	define seq				/order noprint;
	define mhsoc    	/ order           'System Organ Class'       left style(column)={cellwidth=2.5in} style(header)=[just=left];
	define mhpt     	/ order           'Preferred Term'           left style(column)={cellwidth=2.5in} style(header)=[just=left];
	define Thoracic  	 / display          "_Thoracic_|(n=&eth)"        center style(column)={cellwidth=1.2in};
	define Urologic  	/ display         "_Urologic_|(n=&comp)"         center style(column)={cellwidth=1.2in};
	define ENT  		/ display         "_ENT_|(n=&compd)"         center style(column)={cellwidth=1.2in};
	define total    	/ display         "_Total_|  (n=&stot)"         center style(column)={cellwidth=1.2in};
	compute after mhsoc/style={fontsize=2pt just=left};
	line " ";
	endcomp;
	compute after _page_;
	line @1 " ";
	 
	endcomp;
run;  

[SASKiwi]

Try defining SEQ and MHSOC as GROUP columns rather than ORDER ones. 

[HitmonTran]

still doesn't work. same results

[Tom · Accepted solution]

You cannot have an ORDER variable before the GROUP variable.

Try not using SEQ in the report.

Instead make sure the data is sorted by SEQ and use ORDER=DATA option on the System Organ Class.

define mhsoc / group order=data ....

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:
It might also work to put SEQ after MHSOC in the COLUMN statement:
column mhsoc seq mhpt Thoracic Urologic ENT total;
You can still NOPRINT on SEQ and it should force the order you want within each value of MHSOC.
Cynthia

[SASKiwi]

Yes, just realised that SEQ can't group because the value changes for each row. Try @Tom 's solution and don't use SEQ.