Overview of Creating Tabular Reports

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Creating Tabular Reports

Lesson Overview

Introduction

The TABULATE procedure gives you power and flexibility in summarizing your data in table form. PROC TABULATE creates customized one-, two-, and three-dimensional tables that display any of a large number of descriptive statistics. You can

modify virtually every feature of a table
calculate percentages
produce subreports without sorting data
summarize data and produce a report in one step
generate multiple tables in one step.

This lesson shows you how to design simple tables and create them using the TABULATE procedure.

To view the SAS statements that created a report, select an image.

One-Dimensional
Tabular Report

Two-Dimensional
Tabular Report

Three-Dimensional
Tabular Report
ActLevel HIGH

Enhanced
Tabular Report
Average Height and Weight
for Males and Females

March 12, 1999

This lesson contains 53 pages and takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete.

Objectives
In this lesson, you learn how to specify

the variables to appear in your table
the statistic to be computed for each variable
the arrangement of statistics and variables in the table
additional features such as formats for values in the table, column and row totals, and labels for statistics and a summary variable.

You can also learn or review ways to select observations that meet certain conditions.

Prerequisites
Before taking this lesson, you should have completed the following lessons:
Introduction to SAS Programming

Working in the SAS Environment
Basic Concepts
Editing and Debugging SAS Programs
Setting Up Your SAS Session

One-Dimensional Tabular Report		Two-Dimensional Tabular Report

Three-Dimensional Tabular Report ActLevel HIGH		Enhanced Tabular Report Average Height and Weight for Males and Females March 12, 1999