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Problem Note 61663: Formats are not displayed when you use the ODS Report Writing Interface with the ODS destination for Excel
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Beginning with the SAS® 9.4M5 (TS1M5) maintenance release, passing a custom Excel format using the FORMAT argument is currently ignored when you use the ODS Report Writing Interface with the ODS destination for Excel. The Report Writing Interface does not support the use of SAS formats that dynamically build the comparable Excel formats, which is supported by SAS procedures.
Instead, the TAGATTR= attribute should be used to pass Excel formats when you use the Report Writing Interface and the ODS destination for Excel.
To ensure that your custom Excel format is used with the ODS destination for Excel, use code that is similar to the following:
ods excel file="c:\temp\test.xlsx";
data _null_;
declare odsout obj();
obj.table_start();
obj.row_start();
obj.format_cell(data:"1234",style_attr:"tagattr='format:####.0' width=1in");
obj.row_end();
obj.table_end();
run;
declare odsout obj();
obj.table_start();
obj.row_start();
obj.format_cell(data:"1234",style_attr:"tagattr='format:####.0' width=1in");
obj.row_end();
obj.table_end();
run;
ods excel close;
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||