The TEMPLATE Procedure

Example 3: Setting the Style Element for Cells Based on Their Values

PROC TEMPLATE features:

DEFINE TABLE statement

	NMVAR statement
	NOTES statement
	TRANSLATE-INTO statement

DEFINE COLUMN statement

	BLANK_DUPS= attribute
	CELLSTYLE-AS statement
	GENERIC= attribute

Other ODS features:

ODS HTML statement

FILE statement with ODS= option

PUT statement with _ODS_ argument

Data set:

GRAIN_PRODUCTION

Format:

$CNTRY.

This example creates a template that uses different colors for the text inside cells, depending on their values.

Note: This example uses file names that may not be valid in all operating environments. To successfully run the example in your operating environment, you may need to change the file specifications. See Alternative ODS HTML Statements for Running Examples in Different Operating Environments. [cautionend]

Program

options nodate pageno=1 pagesize=60 linesize=72; title 'Leading Grain Producers';

proc template; define table shared.cellstyle;

translate _val_=. into 'No data';

notes "NMVAR defines symbols that will be used"; notes "to determine the colors of the cells.";

nmvar low 'Use default style.' medium 'Use yellow foreground and bold font weight' high 'Use red foreground and a bold, italic font.';

classlevels=on;

define column char_var; generic=on; blank_dups=on; end;

define column num_var; generic=on;

justify=on;

cellstyle _val_ <= low as data, _val_ <= medium as data {foreground=green font_style=italic}, _val_ <= high as data {foreground=yellow font_weight=bold}, 1 as data {foreground=red font_style=italic font_weight=bold}; end;

end; run;

ods html body='cellstyle-body.htm';

%let low=10000; %let medium=50000; %let high=100000;

data _null_; set grain_production;

file print ods=( template='shared.cellstyle'

columns=( char_var=year(generic=on) char_var=country(generic=on format=$cntry.) char_var=type(generic=on) num_var=kilotons(generic=on format=comma12.) ) );

put _ods_; run;

ods html close;

Listing Output
Listing Output of a Customized Table

Leading Grain Producers 1 Year Country Type Kilotons 1995 Brazil Corn 36,276 Rice 11,236 Wheat 1,516 China Corn 112,331 Rice 185,226 Wheat 102,207 India Corn 9,800 Rice 122,372 Wheat 63,007 Indonesia Corn 8,223 Rice 49,860 Wheat No data United States Corn 187,300 Rice 7,888 Wheat 59,494 1996 Brazil Corn 31,975 Rice 10,035 Wheat 3,302 China Corn 119,350 Rice 190,100 Wheat 109,000 India Corn 8,660 Rice 120,012 Wheat 62,620 Indonesia Corn 8,925 Rice 51,165 Wheat No data United States Corn 236,064 Rice 7,771 Wheat 62,099

HTML Output

Both the table customizations and the style customizations appear in the HTML output. Table customizations include the suppression of values that do not change from one row to the next and the translation of missing values to No data. The style customizations include the colors and font styles that are specified in the CELLSTYLE-AS statement.

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