Overview (OUTPUT MODIFY command)

The OUTPUT MODIFY command applies formatting and other changes to the contents of the active Viewer window. Changes that can be applied include:

  • All or selected viewer objects
  • Selected types of output objects (for example, charts, logs, pivot tables)
  • Pivot table content based on conditional expressions
  • Outline (navigation) pane content

The types of changes you can make include:

  • Delete objects
  • Index objects (add a sequential numbering scheme)
  • Change the visible property of objects
  • Change the outline label text
  • Transpose rows and columns in pivot tables
  • Change the selected layer of pivot tables
  • Change the formatting of selected areas or specific cells in a pivot table based on conditional expressions (for example, make all significance values less than 0.05 bold)

Basic Specification

The basic specification is the command name followed by a SELECT subcommand that contains and one or more subcommands that specify how you want to change the output. For example:

OUTPUT MODIFY
  /SELECT TABLES
  /IF SUBTYPES=["Frequencies"]
  /TABLECELLS SELECT=["Total"] 
    SELECTDIMENSION=ROWS  
    STYLE=BOLD APPLYTO=ROW.
  • The SELECT subcommand specifies that the command applies only to pivot tables.
  • The IF subcommand specifies that the command applies only to the table subtype "Frequencies".
  • The TABLECELLS subcommand specifies that the font style of the row that contains the text "Total" should be bold.

Syntax Rules

  • All subcommands except SELECT are optional.
  • If included, the REPORT subcommand must be the first subcommand.
  • Multiple blocks of specifications for different conditions can be specified. Each block must begin with a SELECT subcommand. For more information, see the "Basic Operations" topic.
  • Subcommands other than SELECT can appear in any order.