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canderson
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I have to produce an excel report that has a variable number of columns. A DB2 stored procedure will return a result set to the .fex with the maximum number of columns, the inapplicable columns having NULL values, and a column indicating how many columns should appear on the report. I can see ways to suppress the actual values within the unwanted columns, although they're null anyway, but can't figure out how to suppress the entire column, titles and all, based on the value indicating the number of applicable columns. Any suggestions would be welcome.
 
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Tim J
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Board members helped me suppress columns based off a value passed in my report:

First set a prefix variable to hold a space or a comment string. In my case I was looking at a field that held a group code:
-SET &COL_CMT = IF &parmcd EQ '2' THEN '-*' ELSE '';

Any column in my report that I wanted to eliminate if the code was a value of '2', I placed this prefix (in this case, in front of a unit qty column):
&COL_CMT.EVAL cy_units AS 'CYTD Qty'

In your case, you might check the number in the max column variable and in your SET statement apply the comment code if the column number is greater than this value?

At least this might be a start for you.

Tim J
 
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canderson
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Thanks alot, Tim; that approach works fine.
 
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susannah
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interesting approach, tim.
another approach: i use NOPRINT
creating a variable &NPCY_UNITS in the DM section of my fex,
-SET &NPCY_UNITS = IF i want to print THEN ' ' ELSE ' NOPRINT ';
then in the body
SUM...
cy_units AS 'CYTD Qty' &NPCY_UNITS



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