PROC REPORT is an exciting “big file technique” that every programmer should know. PROC REPORT allows the creation of complicated reports, with many levels of summarization, while only reading a large source file one time. PROC REPORT allows -in just one step- summarization to a desired level, calculation of new variables and the appending of different kinds of reports into one complex report. ALL this happens in one read of the input data. Especially interesting is that the internal file for PROC REPORT, a file that holds “the combined multiple report” can be sent to a SAS data set and used as input data. This paper will attempt to show the time sequence of the internal actions of PROC REPORT. Knowing the time sequence of actions, especially calculations, is crucial to doing complicated PROC REPORTs.

Bio:

Russ Lavery is a frequent and multiple award-winning presenter at SAS Users Groups. He has presented all over the U.S., in Europe, and in Asia. He is a contractor and lives outside of Philadelphia. His hobbies include SAS, statistics, reading, salsa, bachata and tai chi.