The SAS Programmer's PROC REPORT Handbook: ODS Companion

by Jane Eslinger

Overview

Generate reports with style! The SAS Programmer's PROC REPORT Handbook: ODS Companion explains how to use style elements within a style template to customize reports generated by PROC REPORT, leading to more appealing and effective business reports.

Many programmers are faced with generating reports that are easy to read and comprehend for a wide variety of audiences, which is where the ODS destinations and style changes come into play. This book teaches you how to use style elements in PROC REPORT, a versatile reporting procedure, to customize your output. Mastering style elements allows you to change visual aspects of reports, such as borders, column widths, fonts, backgrounds, and more. This companion to The SAS Programmer’s PROC REPORT Handbook: Basic to Advanced Reporting Techniques explores how the style elements within a style template affect the output generated by PROC REPORT. It provides examples of altering the style elements and the effect on the main ODS destinations, while also discussing common pitfalls that programmers can avoid while working with tables, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, and PDF output.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635263534
Publisher:	SAS Institute
Publication date:	03/16/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Jane Eslinger is a Senior Technical Support Analyst at SAS world headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. Jane is a SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS(R)9 and a SAS Certified Advanced Visual Business Analyst. She frequently presents PROC REPORT and ODS topics at conferences and SAS users groups. She is the author of numerous papers and The SAS Programmer's PROC REPORT Handbook: Basic to Advanced Reporting Techniques. In her day-to-day work, Jane enjoys supporting SAS customers using ODS and Base SAS procedures, with an emphasis on PROC REPORT. Prior to joining SAS, Jane served as a statistician and statistical programmer in the social science and clinical research fields. She has a B.S. in Statistics from North Carolina State University.

Editorial Reviews

"Both of Jane's books are truly working "handbooks" for SAS technicians, including discussions of relevant points, SAS code with detailed explanations of what the code is doing, and the output demonstrating a particular point." -- Louise Hadden, Lead Programmer Analyst "Abt Associates"

"This book is geared to SAS programmers of any level who want a practical guide to creating presentation quality output with PROC REPORT and ODS. I highly recommend it!" -- Paul Grant "Steering Committee of the Boston Area SAS Users Group (BASUG)"

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