COMPUTAB Procedure

Getting Started: COMPUTAB Procedure

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The following example shows the different types of reports that can be generated by PROC COMPUTAB.

Suppose a company has monthly expense data on three of its divisions and wants to produce the year-to-date expense report shown in FigureĀ 1. This section starts out with the default report produced by the COMPUTAB procedure and modifies it until the desired report is achieved.

Figure 1: Year-to-Date Expense Report

Year to Date Expenses

                                 Division  Division  Division           All     
                                        A         B         C     Divisions     
   Travel Expenses within U.S.      18700    211000     12800      $242,500     
   Advertising                      18500    176000     34500      $229,000     
   Permanent Staff Salaries        186000   1270000    201000    $1,657,000     
   Benefits Including Insurance      3900     11100     17500       $32,500     
                                 ========  ========  ========    ==========     
   Total                           227100   1668100    265800    $2,161,000     


Last updated: June 19, 2025