Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS 9.4

Creating Simple Summary Tables

Creating a Basic One-Dimensional Summary Table

The simplest summary table contains multiple columns but only a single row. It is called a one-dimensional summary table because it has only a column dimension. The PROC TABULATE step that follows creates a one-dimensional summary table that answers the question, “How many times did each sales representative make a sale?”

options linesize=84 pageno=1 nodate;

proc tabulate data=year_sales format=comma10.;
   title1 'TruBlend Coffee Makers, Inc.';
   title2 'Number of Sales by Each Sales Representative';
   class SalesRep;1
   table SalesRep;2
run;

The numbered items in the previous program correspond to the following:

1	The variable SalesRep is specified as a class variable ...