In tabular output created by stored processes, SAS Web Report Studio displays URLs as plain text or it displays unlinked values, depending on how the link is specified.

Note: URLs in graphical output do display as hyperlinks in SAS Web Report Studio.

Sample One

The following stored process adds a URL value to each observation in the SASHELP.CLASS data set.

   *ProcessBody;
   
   %stpbegin;

   data testclass;
     set sashelp.class;
     format url $50.;
     url='<a href="http://www.sas.com">SAS</a>'; 
   run;
   proc print data=testclass; 
   run;
   
   %stpend; 

If you run this stored process in SAS Web Report Studio 3.1 or 4.2, you see the following results.

Note: Support for using this method of specifying a URL was added in version 4.3.

Sample Two

If you use the STYLE option on a PROC PRINT statement in order to define the link, the style is simply ignored. In this case, "11" is displayed as an unlinked value wherever it appears in the CLASS table.

   *ProcessBody;
   
   %stpbegin

   proc format;
     value link 11="http://www.sas.com";
   run;

   proc print data=sashelp.class;
      var age / style(data)={url=link.};
   run;

   %stpend; 

Sample Three

Similar to the previous example, the following PROC REPORT code displays the linked values as plain text in the table.

*ProcessBody;

%stpbegin;

proc report data=sashelp.class;
  col age name weight height sex;
  compute name;
    urlstring='http://www.google.com';
    call define(_col_,'URL',urlstring);
  endcomp;
  run;

%stpend;

Workarounds

URLs display as hyperlinks if you run the stored process using the SAS^® Stored Process Web Application. So, as a workaround, you can link to the SAS Stored Process Web Application from SAS Web Report Studio.

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