Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4

Understanding How to Construct a Report

Using the Report Writing Tools

The REPORT procedure combines the features of PROC MEANS, PROC PRINT, and PROC TABULATE along with features of the DATA step report writing into a powerful report writing tool. PROC REPORT enables you to do the following:

• Create customized, presentation-quality reports.
• Develop and store report definitions that control the structure and layout.
• View previously defined reports.
• Generate multiple reports from one report definition.

There are three different ways that you can use PROC REPORT to construct reports:

• in a nonwindowing environment where you use PROC REPORT to submit a series of statements. This is the default environment.
• in a windowing ...