Hi:   I think I see what you're experiencing. You are limited to the length of the ORIGINAL variable. I think Origin is a length of $6, so you would only see "Grand", and not "Grand Total". I don't exactly see how your posted code produced the output in the XLS file, but I already had an example that used SASHELP.CLASS, so I'm posting it below. You can see that the SEX variable only shows 'G' at the break in report #1, while with the NAME variable, the break shows "Grand To" because NAME is a length of $8. Then #3a and #3b show two possible workarounds.   As for recommended reading, I like this topic in the doc entitled, "How PROC REPORT Builds a Report" and this paper (http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/ProcReportBasics.pdf) and the PROC REPORT "Concepts" section is good too. cynthia ods html file='c:\temp\compare_total.html' style=sasweb;    proc report data=sashelp.class;   column sex age height weight;   title '1) Will Only See "G" in the break line';   title2 'because length of SEX var is $1';   define sex / order;   define age / order;   define name / order;   compute sex;     if _break_ = "_RBREAK_" then do;        sex = 'Grand Total';     end;   endcomp;   rbreak after / summarize; run;    proc report data=sashelp.class;   column name age height weight;   title '2) Will Only See "Grand To" in the break line';   title2 'because length of NAME var is $8';   define name / order;   define age / order;   compute name;     if _break_ = "_RBREAK_" then do;        name = 'Grand Total';     end;   endcomp;   rbreak after / summarize; run;     proc report data=sashelp.class;   column name age height weight;   title '3a) Will Now See "Grand Total" in the break line';   title2 'Because the PRETEXT element is added without regard to the variable length';   title3 'This technique might not work in all situations';   define name / order;   define age / order;   compute name;     if _break_ = "_RBREAK_" then do;        call define(_col_,'style','style={pretext="Grand Total"}');     end;   endcomp;   rbreak after / summarize; run;     proc report data=sashelp.class;   column name showname age height weight;   title '3b) Will Now See "Grand Total" in the break line';   title2 'This uses a COMPUTED item with a length big enough for the string';   define name / order noprint;   define showname / computed;   define age / order;   compute showname/character length=12;     if _break_ = "_RBREAK_" then do;        showname = "Grand Total";     end;     else showname = name;   endcomp;   rbreak after / summarize; run; ods html close; ... View more