A PROC REPORT spanning header might incorrectly contain the PRETEXT/POSTTEXT style attributes of a column heading underneath it. The attributes most likely come from the right-most column under the spanning header.

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There is currently no circumvention for this problem.

Refer to Problem Note 56398, "Background colors might not be applied correctly to headings in PROC REPORT output", for a related issue.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

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proc report data=sashelp.class; 
   column name ("spanning header" sex age ) (height weight ); 
   define height / "height" style(header)={just=l POSTTEXT="Y"}; 
   define weight / "weight" style(header)={just=l POSTTEXT="Z"}; 
run; 

 
spanning header
 Z


Name
Sex
Age
heightY
weightZ




Alfred
M
       14
       69
    112.5


Alice
F
       13
     56.5
       84


Barbara
F
       13
     65.3
       98


Carol
F
       14
     62.8
    102.5


Henry
M
       14
     63.5
    102.5


James
M
       12
     57.3
       83


Jane
F
       12
     59.8
     84.5


Janet
F
       15
     62.5
    112.5


Jeffrey
M
       13
     62.5
       84


John
M
       12
       59
     99.5


Joyce
F
       11
     51.3
     50.5


Judy
F
       14
     64.3
       90


Louise
F
       12
     56.3
       77


Mary
F
       15
     66.5
      112


Philip
M
       16
       72
      150


Robert
M
       12
     64.8
      128


Ronald
M
       15
       67
      133


Thomas
M
       11
     57.5
       85


William
M
       15
     66.5
      112

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