Note: If you start PROC REPORT in the interactive report window environment without the COLUMN statement, then the initial report includes only as many variables as will fit on one page.

Note: You cannot always create groups. PROC REPORT cannot consolidate observations into groups if the report contains any order variables or any display variables that do not have one or more statistics associated with them. (See the COLUMN statement .) In the interactive report window environment, if PROC REPORT cannot immediately create groups, then the procedure changes all display and order variables to group variables so that it can create the group variable that you requested. In the nonwindowing environment, it returns to the SAS log a message that explains why it could not create groups. Instead, it creates a detail report that displays group variables the same way as it displays order variables. Even when PROC REPORT creates a detail report, the variables that you define as group variables retain that usage in their definitions.

Note: Be careful when you use SAS dates in reports that contain summary lines. SAS dates are numeric variables. Unless you explicitly define dates as some other type of variable, PROC REPORT summarizes them.

title 'The SAS System'       ;
options nodate pageno=1 linesize=64 pagesize=60 fmtsearch=(proclib);
proc report data=grocery nowd headskip headline split='*';
   column sector manager department,sales perish;
   define sector / group format=$sctrfmt. 'Sector' '';
   define manager / group format=$mgrfmt. 'Manager* ';
   define department/ across format=$deptfmt. '_Department_';
   define sales / analysis sum format=dollar11.2 ' ';
   define perish / computed format=dollar11.2 'Perishable Total';
   break after manager / skip;
   compute perish;
      perish=_c3_+_c4_;
   endcomp;
   title "Sales Figures for Perishables in Northern Sectors";
   where sector contains 'n' and (department='p1' or department='p2');
run;
title;

Note: You cannot stack order variables with other report items.

Note: The values in a column that is occupied only by an across variable are frequency counts.

Note: If you use the MISSING option in the PROC REPORT statement, then N includes observations with missing group, order, or across variables.

Note: When you use the COMPUTE statement, you do not have to use a corresponding BREAK or RBREAK statement. (See Ordering the Rows in a Report, which uses COMPUTE AFTER but does not use the RBREAK statement). Use these statements only when you want to implement one or more BREAK statement or RBREAK statement options. (See Writing a Customized Summary on Each Page, which uses both COMPUTE AFTER MANAGER and BREAK AFTER MANAGER.)

Note: Referencing variables that have missing values leads to missing values. If a compute block references a variable that has a missing value, then PROC REPORT displays that variable as a blank (for character variables) or as a period (for numeric variables).

Note: PROC REPORT recalculates computed variables at breaks. For details about compute block processing see How PROC REPORT Builds a Report .

Note: You can use braces ({ and }) instead of square brackets ([ and ]).

Note: Forms are available only when you run SAS from an interactive report window environment.

Note: You need two PROC PRINTTO steps. The first PROC PRINTTO step precedes the PROC REPORT step. It redirects the output to a file. The second PROC PRINTTO step follows the PROC REPORT step. It reestablishes the default destination and frees the output file. You cannot print the file until PROC PRINTTO frees it.