topic Re: Page Control objects in PDF in New SAS User

Page Control objects in PDF

Genoa — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 02:36:40 GMT

Hi Gurus,

Is there a way to add or show the page controls (buttons, sliders..etc) to the report pdf. I need to show the interactivity of my report.

Any info is much appreciated.

Kind regards.

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

SASKiwi — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 03:11:40 GMT

PDF reports are static and don't have interactive buttons and sliders that change what you see, at least in my experience.

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Genoa — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 06:53:24 GMT

Thanks for the reply, Yes I do understand that pdf reports are static by nature, all I just wanted to show are the actual page controls printed on the pdf pages, not clickable or anything like that and not in reality interactive..😀.

Is it possible?

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Ksharp — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:48:58 GMT

Can you post a picture to illustrate your questiono?

ods pdf file='c:\temp\temp.pdf';
options nodate nonumber;
title j=l 'xxxxxx' j=r 'Page (*ESC*){thispage} of (*ESC*){lastpage}';
proc report data=sashelp.stocks(obs=100) nowd;run;
ods pdf close;

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Genoa — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 23:19:26 GMT

Sorry for not being very clear, screenshot attached, these "Controls objects" (encircled) in the page control section that filters out the entries in the data set in the graphs and other objects, is that possible to show in the pdf generated? I just wanted to add that to the pdf instead of taking screenshots. Reason being, I have to show that my report pages are interactive without having to access the report online inside SAS Viya.

Hope that makes sense.

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Reeza — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 03:51:01 GMT

Not quite true. You can embed Javascript objects within PDF documents so can embed a dashboard or interactive graphics within PDFs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5bdBeFwNCU

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Ksharp — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:14:25 GMT

As Reeza , I don't think it is true either. But I am not familiar with Viya. Maybe @Cynthia_sas know something.

Re: Page Control objects in PDF

Cynthia_sas — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:50:11 GMT

Hi:
It's still not clear to me what you want to do? You want to create a PDF file that shows a picture of the control objects or you want the actual Viya/VA Control objects placed in the PDF? Placing an image in the PDF file is do-able, but it would be fairly clear that it was just a screen shot of the image. I think you may really need to work with SAS Tech Support. When you do a report inside VA (for example) and you print the report to PDF, the Visual Analytics report looks like a regular PDF file without any of the Viya controls in the file. I think this is a case where you need to provide a lot more context of EXACTLY what you want to do and the environment in which you're working and the purpose of embedding or showing controls like this in a PDF file.
Cynthia