BYGROUP 1:
 Table 1
 Table 2
 Table n

BYGROUP 2:
 Table 1
 Table 2
 Table n

It is often the case that the desired order is:

BYGROUP1: Table 1
BYGROUP2: Table 1

BYGROUP1: Table 2
BYGROUP2: Table 2

Using SAS macro logic, the desired order can be achieved, but requires multiple procedure steps to accomplish the desired output. With the use of ODS DOCUMENT and PROC DOCUMENT, output from one or more SAS procedures (PROC FREQ in the sample code) can be stored to a DOCUMENT itemstore, then with PROC DOCUMENT, the output can be replayed in the desired order without repeating the initial procedure (FREQ) step.

Additional information on the ODS DOCUMENT destination and PROC DOCUMENT is available here.

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/* Create a data set from SASHELP.CLASS */
data mydata;
  set sashelp.class;
  rename sex=gender;
run;

/* SORT the data set */
proc sort data=mydata out=sorted;
  by gender;
run;

options orientation=landscape center nodate nonumber byline;
title ;
footnote;

/* Create a DOCUMENT in the SASUSER library */
ods document name=sasuser.freq(update);
/* show the output in a PDF file in it's original order */
/* the default order is: 
   BYGROUP 1: Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4
   BYGROUP 2: Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4
*/
ods pdf file="original.pdf" notoc;

ods noptitle;
proc freq data=sorted;
  where height le 60;
  format height weight 8.;
  by gender;
  tables (height weight)*age / chisq;
run;

ods pdf close;
ods document close;

/* Show the details of the DOCUMENT */
ods listing;
title "what's in my DOCUMENT?";
proc document name=sasuser.freq;
  list / levels=all;
run;
quit;

title ;
footnote;

/* Replay the PROC FREQ output in a new order: */
/*  
   BYGROUP 1: Table 1 
   BYGROUP 2: Table 1 
   BYGROUP 1: Table 2 
   BYGROUP 2: Table 2 
   BYGROUP 1: Table 3 
   BYGROUP 2: Table 3 
   BYGROUP 1: Table 4 
   BYGROUP 2: Table 4 
*/

ods listing close;
ods pdf file="&sysvlong.replay.pdf" columns=2 notoc;

proc document name=sasuser.freq;
  replay \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table1#1\CrossTabFreqs#1;
  replay \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table1#1\CrossTabFreqs#1;
run;

  obstitle \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table1#1\Note#2 ;
  replay   \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table1#1\ChiSq#1, 
           \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table1#1\Note#2;   
  obstitle \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table1#1\Note#2 ;
  replay   \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table1#1\ChiSq#1,
           \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table1#1\Note#2;   
run;

  replay \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table2#1\CrossTabFreqs#1;
  replay \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table2#1\CrossTabFreqs#1;
run;

  obstitle \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table2#1\Note#2 ;
  replay   \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table2#1\ChiSq#1, 
           \Freq#1\ByGroup1#1\Table2#1\Note#2;
  obstitle \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table2#1\Note#2 ;
  replay   \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table2#1\ChiSq#1, 
           \Freq#1\ByGroup2#1\Table2#1\Note#2;   
run;
quit;

ods pdf close;

/* delete the document if desired */
/*ods listing ;*/
/*proc datasets lib=sasuser mt=itemstor;*/
/*delete freq;*/
/*run;*/
/*quit;*/

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