2. MICF Options › 2.4 Printer Format Parameters
2.4 Printer Format Parameters
Printer format parameters control the appearance of printed
reports and printer graphics. Printer format parameters can
be specified for each printed report or printer graphics
inquiry step by selecting the printer format parameters
option from the inquiry step's extended options menu. The
default values for parameters relevant to the inquiry step
being composed are displayed and can be altered as required.
The parameters displayed on the printer format parameters
panel for the inquiry step are applied when the inquiry is
executed. The Printer Format Parameters process of MICF
Options is used to establish these default parameter values
displayed on the inquiry step's printer format parameters
panel. These values are also the parameter values applied to
those inquiry steps composed without overriding printer
format parameters (that is, the step's printer format
parameters panel is not displayed).
Note: These parameters apply only to printed reports,
printer graphics, and the output of statistical analysis
processes. Unique parallel parameters are provided for color
graphics presentations (see section 2.5).
Printer format parameters include the following:
o Parameters controlling the titles generated by MICF.
o Parameters controlling centering printed reports on the
page, double spacing printed reports, using the same
column alignment on all pages, printing page numbers on
reports, and printing the current date on reports.
o Parameters controlling the appearance of printer
graphics, including the character to use for printer
graphics, printing chart legends, and the size and
characteristics of chart axes.
The printer format parameters are:
Border - Draw a border around standard printed reports
(YES/NO)?
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
Specify YES, or Y, to draw a border around the report
area using the characters |, -, and + for vertical,
horizontal, and intersection lines respectively.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the report border.
Center printed reports on the page (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to center title and report lines on
the page. This is the normal MICF processing mode.
Specify NO, or N, to left justify ALL title and report
lines.
Column Heading Split Character - Character used to split
column heading lines.
This is the character used to mark the point where
printed report column headings will be split to make
multiple line column headings. It can be any character
except a blank, semicolon (;), single quote ('), or
double quote (").
Date - Print the current date on the first title line of each
page (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to print the execution date on the
right side of the first title line of printed reports.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the execution date from the
first title line. This is the normal MICF processing
mode.
Note: The execution date can be printed on the right
side of the fourth title line. See the Title 4 parameter
below.
Double space printed reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to generate printed reports in double
space mode (that is, place a blank line between each
report line).
Specify NO, or N, to single space printed reports. This
is the normal MICF processing mode.
Double space standard printed report subtotals (YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate the subtotals from the
report body with a blank line (that is, double space
before printing subtotals).
Specify NO, or N, to generate subtotals with the same
line spacing as used for the report body.
Format Characters - Char. used to form horizontal lines on
standard reports.
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
The character used as the horizontal line when framing
column headings, subtotals, etc. Specify any character
except semicolon (;), single quote ('), or double quote
("). Leave this parameter blank to replace framing
horizontal lines with blanks.
Format Characters - Char. used to form intersecting lines on
standard reports.
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
The character used where horizontal and vertical lines
intersect when framing column headings, subtotals, etc.
Specify any character except semicolon (;), single quote
('), or double quote ("). Leave this parameter blank to
replace framing intersections with blanks.
Format Characters - Char. used to form vertical lines on
standard reports.
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
The character used as the vertical line when framing
column headings, subtotals, etc. Specify any character
except semicolon (;), single quote ('), or double quote
("). Leave this parameter blank to replace framing
vertical lines with blanks.
Format Characters - Crosstabulation report horizontal line
character.
The character used to draw horizontal lines on
crosstabulation reports (that is, the character used to
separate rows of a crosstabulation report grid). Specify
any character. Leave this parameter blank to omit the
horizontal line between rows (that is, separate rows with
a blank line).
Format Characters - Crosstabulation report intersecting line
character.
The character printed at the intersection of horizontal
and vertical lines on crosstabulation reports (that is,
the character used to mark the row/column intersection on
a crosstabulation report grid). Specify any character.
Leave this parameter blank to print a blank at the
row/column intersection.
Format Characters - Crosstabulation report vertical line
character.
The character used to draw vertical lines on
crosstabulation reports (that is, the character used to
separate columns of a crosstabulation report grid).
Specify any character. Leave this parameter blank to
omit the vertical line between columns (that is, separate
columns with a single blank).
Frame - Draw a frame around standard printed report column
headings (YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate the column headings from
the report body by drawing a box (frame) around the
column headings area using the specified vertical,
horizontal, and intersection line characters.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the column headings frame.
This parameter is ignored when you specify the Tabular
Report, Tabular Ranking Report, Trend Report, or
Condensed Tabular Report Column Headings extended option.
Frame - Draw a frame around standard printed report subtotals
(YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report, Tabular
Ranking Report, Trend Report, and Condensed Tabular
Report structured inquiry composition options.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate the subtotals from the
report body by drawing a box (frame) around the subtotal
lines using the specified vertical, horizontal, and
intersection line characters.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the subtotals frame.
Frame - Draw a frame around Condensed Tabular Report blocks
(YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Condensed Tabular Report
structured inquiry composition option.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate the Condensed Tabular
Report blocks by drawing a box (frame) around the report
blocks using the specified vertical, horizontal, and
intersection line characters.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the Condensed Tabular Report
block frames.
Frame - Draw a frame around Tabular Ranking Report ranking
groups (YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Tabular Ranking Report
structured inquiry composition option.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate the ranking groups (see
"Print Rankings for Each Value of" on the Report Control
Parameters panel) by drawing a horizontal line between
ranking groups using the specified horizontal and
intersection line characters.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the Tabular Ranking Report
ranking group frames.
Frame - Draw a frame around Trend Report columns (YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Trend Report structured
inquiry composition option.
Specify YES, or Y, to separate Trend Report columns by
drawing a box (frame) around the report columns using the
specified vertical, horizontal, and intersection line
characters.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the Trend Report column frames.
Graphics Legend - Print the symbol legend on printer graphics
reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to print a legend below the axis for
charts and plots. This defines the symbols (or
characters) used to represent values of the chart/plot
variables when multiple symbols are used.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the symbol legend.
Horizontal Axis Length - No. characters on the horizontal
axis.
This is the number of characters in the "plotted by", or
X, axis on plot reports. Specify a number between 61 and
253. This must be at least three less than the length of
the line (that is, the page width). Leave this parameter
blank to allow SAS to select an appropriate length for
the axis.
Horizontal Axis Tick Mark Spacing - No. char. between
horizontal tick marks.
This is the number of spaces, or characters, between each
tick mark, or label, on the X axis on plot reports.
Specify a number between 1 and 99. Leave this parameter
blank to allow SAS to select an appropriate value for
axis tick mark spacing.
Horizontal Reference Line Character - Will be used to draw
horizontal lines.
This is the character that will be used to draw
horizontal reference lines. These lines are drawn at a
specified point on the "plot of", or Y, axis of plot
reports. Specify any character except blank.
Missing Value Character - Specify the character to be printed
for missing value.
This is the character that will be printed when a numeric
data element has a missing value. This occurs if the
data element has never been assigned a value (that is,
this data item does not exist for an observation) or if
it results from an undefined operation such as division
by zero. Specify any character. Leave this parameter
blank to specify blank as the missing value character.
Missing Values - Include missing values in printer graphics
reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to accept a missing value as a valid
value for the "charted by" data element. This allows a
bar to be drawn for a value of missing value. This
situation occurs if the data element has never been
assigned a value (that is, this data item does not exist
for an observation) or if it results from an undefined
operation such as division by zero.
Specify NO, or N, to ignore records, or observations,
where the "charted by" data element has a value of
missing value.
Missing Values - Include missing values in statistical
analysis (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to include observations where the
"report of" data element has a value of missing value in
crosstabulation statistics. This occurs if the data
element has never been assigned a valid value (for
example, this data item does not exist for an
observation) or if it results from an undefined operation
such as division by zero.
Specify NO, or N, to ignore records, or observations,
where the "report of" data element has a value of missing
value.
Missing Values - Print missing values on statistical analysis
reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to accept a missing value as a valid
value for the "report of" data element in statistical
analysis reports. This situation occurs if the data
element has never been assigned a value (that is, this
data item does not exist for an observation) or if it
results from an undefined operation such as division by
zero.
Specify NO, or N, to ignore records, or observations,
where the "report of" data element has a value of missing
value.
Number of lines to skip at the top of each page of printed
reports (0 - 20).
This is the number of lines to skip before printing the
first line of each page. Specify a number between 0 and
20. Leave this parameter blank to use the specification
established when SAS was installed.
Number of values (or bars) to be charted for each group in
printer graphics.
This is the number of bars to be drawn on vertical or
horizontal bar charts and the number of blocks to be
drawn on block charts. If a "grouped by" data element is
specified, then this is the number of bars to be drawn
for each value of this "grouped by" data element.
Specify a number between 1 and 99. This parameter is
ignored for character "charted by" data elements if a
discrete X-axis is requested or if the axis scale has
been explicitly specified for the "charted by" data
element.
Number of Records - Print number of records at the bottom of
reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to print the number of records at each
subheading break (for example, OBS=nnn) on printed
reports.
Specify NO, or N, to omit the number of records. This is
the normal MICF processing mode.
Page Numbers - Print page numbers on first title line of each
page (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to print page numbers in the upper
right hand corner of each report page. This is the
normal MICF processing mode.
Specify NO, or N, to omit page numbers from printed
reports.
Percentage Graphs - Force each group to add up to 100%
(YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to force the bars of percentage graphs
to sum to 100% for each chart group (that is, for each
value of the "grouped by" data element). This causes the
bars to represent the percentage of the chart group
instead of the percentage of the grand total (all
independent or X-axis data element values).
Specify NO, or N, to let each bar reflect the percentage
of the grand total (instead of the total for the chart
group).
Pie/Star Chart Shape - Number of columns printed per inch on
the printer.
This parameter defines the device on which a printer pie
or star chart report will be displayed (or printed).
This helps the pie/star chart function to draw a better
circle. Specify a number between 1 and 99 as the number
of characters (or columns) per inch across the page.
Leave this parameter blank to accept the default
established when SAS was installed.
Pie/Star Chart Shape - Number of lines printed per inch on
the printer.
This parameter defines the device on which a printer pie
or star chart report will be displayed (or printed).
This helps the pie/star chart function to draw a better
circle. Specify a number between 1 and 99 as the number
of lines (or rows) per inch down the page. Leave this
parameter blank to accept the default established when
SAS was installed.
Printer Graphics Character - Graphs will be formed using this
character.
This is the character that will be used to draw the bars
on vertical and horizontal bar charts and to draw the
blocks on vertical block charts. Specify any character
except blank.
Record Numbers - Print record number on each line of printed
reports (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to print the record, or observation,
number on the left side of each report line. This will
be printed under the column heading of "OBS."
Specify NO, or N, to omit the record, or observation,
numbers on printed reports. This is the normal MICF
processing mode.
Round subtotals on printed reports instead of truncating
subtotals (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to round fractional subtotal values as
required by the specified output format for the data
element.
Specify NO, or N, to truncate fractional subtotal values.
Subtotals - Print subtotal when only one detail observation
(YES/NO).
This parameter applies to the Tabular Report structured
inquiry composition option.
Specify YES, or Y, to print the subtotal line even if
there is only one detail report line at that subtotal
break (that is, when the subtotal line equals the only
detail observation).
Specify NO, or N, to omit the subtotal line when it would
duplicate the only detail observation.
Title 1 - Alternate default title line 1 (if not inquiry
title).
This value will be used as the default for the first
title line of printed reports, printer graphics, and
statistical analysis reports if NO is specified for the
"Use inquiry title" parameter below. This is 1-60
characters; single or double quotes (' or ") are not
allowed. Leave this parameter blank to print a blank
title.
Title 1 - Use inquiry title as the default report title line
1 (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to use the inquiry title, or long
name, as the default for the first title line on printed
reports, printer graphics, and statistical analysis
reports.
Specify NO, or N, to use the alternate default title line
as the first title line of printed reports, printer
graphics, and statistical analysis reports.
Title 2 - Alternate default title line 2 (if not installation
name).
This value will be used as the default for the second
title line of printed reports, printer graphics, and
statistical analysis reports if NO is specified for the
"Use installation name" parameter below. This is 1-60
characters; single or double quotes (' or ") are not
allowed. Leave this parameter blank to print a blank
title.
Title 2 - Use installation name as the default report title
line 2 (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to use the data center name as
specified by your CA MICS Administrator as the default
second title line for printed reports, printer graphics,
and statistical analysis reports.
Specify NO, or N, to use the alternate default title line
as the second title line for printed reports, printer
graphics, and statistical analysis reports.
Title 3 - Alternate default title line 3 (if not time frame
specification).
This value will be used as the default for the third
title line of printed reports, printer graphics, and
statistical analysis reports if NO is specified for the
"Use time frame specification" parameter below. This is
1-60 characters; single or double quotes (' or ") are not
allowed. Leave this parameter blank to print a blank
title.
Title 3 - Use time frame specification as the default title
line 3 (YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to use the time frame covered by the
report (for example, For October, 1986) as the default
for the third title line on printed reports, printer
graphics, and statistical analysis reports. If the
inquiry does not include time frame selection, the third
title line will be blank.
Specify NO, or N, to use the alternate default title line
as the third title line of printed reports, printer
graphics, and statistical analysis reports.
Title 4 - Alternate default title line 4 (if not inquiry name
and/or run date).
This value will be used as the default for the fourth
title line of printed reports, printer graphics, and
statistical analysis reports if NONE is specified for the
"Use inquiry name and/or run date" parameter below. This
is 1-60 characters; single or double quotes (' or ") are
not allowed. Leave this parameter blank to print a blank
title.
Title 4 - Use inquiry name and/or run date as title line 4
(BOTH/INQ/DATE/NONE)
Specify BOTH, or B, to define a default fourth title line
for printed reports, printer graphics, and statistical
analysis reports containing the inquiry name (six
characters) on the left side of the line and the
execution date on the right side of the line.
Specify INQ, or I, to define a default fourth title line
for printed reports, printer graphics, and statistical
analysis reports containing the inquiry name (six
characters) on the left side of the line.
Specify DATE, or D, to define a default fourth title line
for printed reports, printer graphics, and statistical
analysis reports containing the execution date on the
right side of the line.
Specify NONE, or N, to use the alternate default title
line as the fourth title line of printed reports, printer
graphics, and statistical analysis reports.
Use the same column alignment on all printed report pages
(YES/NO)?
Specify YES, or Y, to use the same alignment (or width)
of report columns on all pages. This will normally
generate the best appearance for printed reports.
Specify NO, or N, to vary the alignment (or width) of
report columns based on the amount of space required to
print the values that appear on a specific page.
Vertical Axis Length - No. lines on the vertical axis of
printer graphics.
This is the number of characters in the "plot of", or Y,
axis on plot reports. Specify a number between 14 and
492. This must be at least eight less than the page
length. Leave this parameter blank to allow SAS to
select an appropriate length for the axis.
Vertical Axis Tick Mark Spacing - No. lines between vertical
axis tick marks.
This is the number of spaces, or characters, between each
tick mark, or label, on the "plot of", or Y, axis on plot
reports. Specify a number between 1 and 99. Leave this
parameter blank to allow SAS to select an appropriate
value for axis tick mark spacing.
Vertical Reference Line Character - Will be used to draw
vertical lines.
This is the character that will be used to draw vertical
reference lines. These lines are drawn at a specified
point on the "plotted by", or X, axis of plot reports.
Specify any character except blank.
Zero Values - Include zero values in printer graphics reports
(YES/NO).
Specify YES, or Y, to accept zero as a valid value for a
numeric "charted by" data element. This allows a bar to
be drawn for a value of zero.
Specify NO, or N, to ignore records, or observations,
where the "charted by" data element has a value of zero.
