Hi:   If you switch to PROC REPORT, you can get output that is closer to what you want. Please see the attached code and screen shot. cynthia   ** code; data dat; length region $15; input Region $ Market $ Name $ Volume; cards; A A1 X 12 A A2 Y 65 B B1 M 34 B B2 N 24 C C1 P 14 C C2 Q 42 ; run;   title; footnote; options nodate nonumber; ods pdf file='c:\temp\proc_report_example.pdf' style=printer; proc report data=work.dat nowd   style(summary)=Header;   column region market name volume;   define region / order style=Header;   define market / order style=Header;   define name / order style=Header;   define volume / sum f=5.1;   break after region / summarize;   compute after region;     region = 'Total Market';   endcomp; run; ods pdf close;   ** screen shot; ... View more

Most likely cause is that another program or section of your SAS close has the file 'open'. If you had an ODS <any destination> file = 'name'; but have not closed it yet, then previous code would hold it. If you have the file open in Base SAS, another SAS session or process flow, or another editor or viewer it may be in use and unavailable. Or if you work in a shared environment another user could have it open. ... View more

Indicating a blank label in the table statement will suppress any label: market='' * Name='' BUT since you have Region appearing you'll get some empty cells at the first region value and depending on destination the values on the first row may appear at the top of the cells. ... View more