topic Re: Proc Report PDF in New SAS User

Proc Report PDF

sum_sand — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:18:43 GMT

SAS generates PDF report, but also showing this error:

"ERROR: Line size too small to place one of the non-ID columns to the right of the ID column(s)."

Any suggestions on what might cause such an error or how to solve.

Re: Proc Report PDF

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:57:38 GMT

Did you close all other ODS destinations before using PDF?

Please show your code and log.

Re: Proc Report PDF

Ksharp — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 07:07:48 GMT

You could try ID + PAGE options:

ods pdf file='c:\temp\temp.pdf';
proc report data=sashelp.class nowd;
column name age sex weight height;
define name/id;
define weight/page;
run;
ods pdf close;

Re: Proc Report PDF

ballardw — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 21:21:56 GMT

Current SAS system settings for Linesize and Papersize are what?

The total of the defined lengths for the ID variables?

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