topic Re: ODS PDF FILE redirecting output to original PDF FILE in New SAS User

ODS PDF FILE redirecting output to original PDF FILE

ssaha — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 09:27:26 GMT

Hi SAS Experts

I am calling four macros from data _null_ statement.

And for each value which I am calling from an array, I am generating a pdf output by ODS PDF FILE for each calling macros.

How can I append the output of the remaining values to the original PDF file.

In my PDF output only for the last value for the array, the result is showing and the plots of the remaining values are missing.

So can I redirect the output to the original pdf file?

Re: ODS PDF FILE redirecting output to original PDF FILE

andreas_lds — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 09:34:34 GMT

Not sure, i fully understand your process. But opening pdf-destination before data _null_ seems to be necessary to solve the problem.

Re: ODS PDF FILE redirecting output to original PDF FILE

ssaha — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:06:44 GMT

I have opened the PDF destination in each macro and closing before the macro ends. I haven't opened PDF destination before data _null_ statement

Re: ODS PDF FILE redirecting output to original PDF FILE

andreas_lds — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:10:57 GMT

@ssaha wrote:

I have opened the PDF destination in each macro and closing before the macro ends. I haven't opened PDF destination before data _null_ statement

If you open a pdf destination to an existing file, the file is overwritten. Afaik this can't be changed. The only solution i know is moving the opening statement, so that it is executed only once for each file.