Adding Flyover Text

Enhancing HTML Tabular Reports

Adding Flyover Text

Because cell traffic-lighting draws attention to values, it helps to have notes attached to those values that explain their importance. The notes, known as flyover text or tool tips, appear when the user holds the mouse pointer over a cell.

flyover text (tool tip)

Flyover text is a feature of Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator does not display these notes.

Creating Flyover Text
You create these notes with a user-defined format in the same way you create cell traffic-lighting. In fact, since these features are natural complements, consider adding them as a pair to your TABULATE code.
To add flyover text to the Laguardia table, follow these steps:

Create a format that repeats the value ranges of the Deplaned traffic-light colors. But this time, instead of naming three colors, provide a brief message for the high and low ranges. Include a blank string for the value range other.

value deplback low-105='lipk' 245-250='vpapb' other='ywh'; value deplflyo low-105='LOW traffic. Cut flights?' 245-250='HIGH traffic. Add flights?' other=' ';

Add the flyover attribute to the STYLE= option of Deplaned in the TABLE statement. The flyover attribute attaches your text to the cells; use the DEPLFLYO format as its value.

table dest*(boarded transferred deplaned*{style={background=deplback. flyover=deplflyo.}} revenue*{style=<parent>}),min max mean sum / box={style={background=cxCCEEDD}};

Your program and its output look as follows. Try holding your mouse pointer over the cells.

ods listing close; ods html path='c:\data' body='laguard.html'; title1 'Laguardia Flights by Destination'; title2 'and Revenue, March 4-10'; proc format; value $desname 'CPH'='Copenhagen' 'FRA'='Frankfurt' 'LON'='London' 'PAR'='Paris'; value $desback 'CPH'='cxBBDDCC' 'FRA'='cxAACCBB' 'LON'='cx99BBAA' 'PAR'='cx88AA99'; value deplback low-105='lipk' 245-250='vpapb' other='ywh'; value deplflyo low-105='LOW traffic. Cut flights?' 245-250='HIGH traffic. Add flights?' other=' '; run; proc tabulate data=flights.laguardia format=comma9. style={background=ywh}; class dest / style={background=cxCCEEDD font_style=italic}; classlev dest / style={background=$desback.}; var boarded transferred deplaned / style={background=cxCCEEDD}; var revenue / style=<parent>{foreground=black}; table dest*(boarded transferred deplaned*{style={background=deplback. flyover=deplflyo.}} revenue*{style=<parent>}),min max mean sum / box={style={background=cxCCEEDD}}; keyword min max mean sum / style={background=cxCCEEDD font_style=italic}; label dest='Destination'; format dest $desname.; run; ods html close; ods listing;

Laguardia Flights by Destination

and Revenue, March 4-10

Min Max Mean Sum

Destination 81 154 131 786

Copenhagen Boarded

Transferred 5 21 13 75

Deplaned 103 177 147 881

Revenue 109,885 196,540 139,951 839,705

Frankfurt Boarded 129 210 170 1,190

Transferred 5 22 13 91

Deplaned 147 237 188 1,314

Revenue 100,987 187,636 142,912 1,000,382

London Boarded 151 241 188 3,760

Transferred 4 18 11 227

Deplaned 114 250 199 3,987

Revenue 106,753 198,744 159,478 3,189,554

Paris Boarded 146 182 161 2,089

Transferred 7 29 16 204

Deplaned 153 227 183 2,378

Revenue 123,456 195,468 151,477 1,969,201

		*Min*	*Max*	*Mean*	*Sum*
*Destination*		81	154	131	786
Copenhagen	Boarded	81	154	131	786
	Transferred	5	21	13	75
	Deplaned	103	177	147	881
	Revenue	109,885	196,540	139,951	839,705
Frankfurt	Boarded	129	210	170	1,190
	Transferred	5	22	13	91
	Deplaned	147	237	188	1,314
	Revenue	100,987	187,636	142,912	1,000,382
London	Boarded	151	241	188	3,760
	Transferred	4	18	11	227
	Deplaned	114	250	199	3,987
	Revenue	106,753	198,744	159,478	3,189,554
Paris	Boarded	146	182	161	2,089
	Transferred	7	29	16	204
	Deplaned	153	227	183	2,378
	Revenue	123,456	195,468	151,477	1,969,201