In reply to Tracy.

Tracy, you could try the ODS TEXT statement. It doesn't give you the same flexibility for formatting, but you can get your macro variables to resolve in your custom report. The ODS TEXT item appears as a separate item in your SAS Report output for the custom report. Example:

ods text="My SAS Enterprise Guide version is: &_CLIENTVERSION.";

proc print data=sashelp.cars;
run;