The text from a LINE statement within a COMPUTE BEFORE _PAGE_ block in PROC REPORT might not be output if the table has no rows. The data set must have data in order for this problem to occur, but no rows are output if NOPRINT is specified for each variable. This is most likely to occur in the ODS PDF and ODS RTF destinations.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Linux for x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		HP-UX IPF	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		z/OS 64-bit	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		z/OS	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4
		Solaris for x64	9.4 TS1M3	9.4 TS1M4

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

In the sample code below, the text from a LINE statement within a COMPUTE BEFORE _PAGE_ block in PROC REPORT is not output if the table has no rows. The data set must have data in order for this problem to occur, but no rows are output if NOPRINT is specified for each variable.

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data company;
   company = "SAS";
   information = "A Report for You";
run;

ods pdf file='test.pdf';

proc report data=company;
   column company information;
   define company / noprint;
   define information / noprint;
   compute before _page_;
      line company $25.;
      line information $25.;
   endcomp;
run;

ods pdf close;

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V01.html#56968

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The text from a LINE statement within a COMPUTE BEFORE _PAGE_ block in PROC REPORT might not be output if the table has no rows.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2015-11-05 11:13:58
Date Created:	2015-10-30 10:13:02