Publishing to PDF SNUG Quarter 2

Overview n What is PDF? n Why use PDF? n Creating PDF files with SAS Software n Issues n Advanced PDF files with SAS Software n Conclusion n References

What is PDF? n PDF stands for Portable Document Format n Standard created by Adobe® n PDF relies on the imaging model of the PostScript® language to describe text and graphics in a device-independent and resolution-independent manner

Why use PDF? n Used frequently on the web n Platform independent n Usually displayed with Adobe® Acrobat® n High quality printing - WYSIWYG

Creating PDF files with SAS n SAS Software Version 8.2 includes PDF as an ODS output option n Options exist to control the appearance

Example 1 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example1.pdf'; proc print data=sasuser.houses; run; ods pdf close;

Creating PDF files with SAS n Title Statements n Labels n Formats

Example 2 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example2.pdf'; options nodate nonumber; title 'Housing Report'; footnote 'SNUG Quarter '; proc print data=sasuser.houses label; format sqfeet comma8.1 price dollar15.2; run; ods pdf close;

Creating PDF files with SAS n All PROCs, including SAS/GRAPH

Example 3 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example3.pdf'; proc tabulate data=sasuser.houses; class style; var price; keylabel n='Count' min='Lowest’ max='Highest'; table style,n price*(min max); proc gchart data=sasuser.houses; vbar style / sumvar=price type=mean; run; quit; ods pdf close;

Creating PDF files with SAS n The Report Bookmarks can be controlled with the same options as ODS HTML n ODS PROCLABEL controls the first level n CONTENTS= option on the Procedure controls the second level

Example 4 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example4.pdf'; title 'Housing Listing'; ods proclabel='Housing Report'; proc print data=sasuser.houses contents='Listing'; run; ods pdf close;

Creating PDF files with SAS n CONTENTS=‘’ should remove the second level entirely

Example 5 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example5.pdf'; title 'Housing Listing'; ods proclabel='Housing Report'; proc print data=sasuser.houses contents=''; run; ods pdf close;

Issues n contents=‘’ does not work properly for PDFs n PDF file is damaged when starting Adobe® Acrobat® n all outstanding issues - yet none critical n Tech Support Documentation is coming...

Advanced PDF files with SAS n PROC TEMPLATE can be used to modify the report’s appearance, too n SAS/IntrNet users can create dynamic PDF files directly to _webout

Example 6 proc template; define style style.colours; parent=styles.default; style Body from Document / background=white foreground=black; style Data from Cell / background=cx7bb600 foreground=black bordercolor=black; style Header from HeadersAndFooters / background=cx551d55 foreground=white bordercolor=black; end; run;

Example 6 ods pdf file='d:\SNUG\Example6.pdf' style=style.colours; title; footnote; ods proclabel='Housing Report'; proc print data=sasuser.houses contents='Listing' noobs label; run; ods pdf close;

Example 7 ods pdf file=_webout; title 'Housing Listing'; footnote; proc print data=sasuser.houses; run; ods pdf close;

Complete PDF Control n Uncompressed PDF files are purely ASCII text n You can therefore create these with the DATA STEP and PUT statements n For a very rigid report structure, this may be the only way, yet still has all of the benefits n Development time is considerably higher

Conclusion n Creating PDF files with SAS Software Version 8.2 is easy n PDF reports enable your user base to view results in a standard environment n PDF files are becoming the standard for the Web - and with SAS/IntrNet Software you can create these dynamically

References n n n Tech Support Document is coming...

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