Copy a Report Section

SAS Web Report Studio enables authorized users to save the current view of one or more reports within a section. This is helpful for ad hoc analysis. For example, say that you want to save a view of the data as you filter and drill. As you explore the data source, you discover a potential problem. You can save this view as part of the same report and e-mail it to your co-workers to discuss.

When you copy a section, everything in the section is copied to a new section. However, if the section contains a stored process that has been run, then the new section will contain only a reference to the stored process as it appears in the report definition. If a section contains embedded data (for example, a report that is saved as a manually refreshed report or a scheduled report that has already run), then the section cannot be copied.

Note: You cannot copy sections that contain externally created content, such as section content created in SAS Enterprise Guide or generated from SAS Output Delivery System (ODS).

To copy an existing report section, complete these steps:

To open the Copy Section dialog box, perform one of these tasks:
- In Edit mode, select EditSectionsCopy this Section or in the Table of Contents panel, select OptionsCopy Section.
- In View mode, in the Table of Contents panel, select OptionsCopy Section or select EditSectionsCopy this Section.
Note: The Copy Section option is not available for manually refreshed reports in View mode.
In the Copy Section dialog box, specify a Section name. Then specify which section it should come Before or After.

Copy Section Dialog Box
Click OK.