topic Section break (Next Page) instead of Page break in ODS and Base Reporting

Section break (Next Page) instead of Page break

Olga239 — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:08:33 GMT

Hi all! I have the following problem.

I do page breaks in my table using "break after sex / page" construction, but SAS inserts Section breaks(instead of expected Page break) in .rtf output.

It ruins pagination in document, because I need separate pagination for each table (each table in separate section).

Code example is below and I also attached desirable output and actual output (please see it with pressed Show/Hide button).


ods html close;
ods escapechar = '^';
options mprint nofmterr nocenter nonumber nodate missing = ' ';

proc template;
 define style MyStyleRTF;
 parent = styles.rtf;

 replace fonts /
 'TitleFont2'=("Arial",8pt)
 'TitleFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'StrongFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'EmphasisFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'FixedEmphasisFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'FixedStrongFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'FixedHeadingFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'FixedFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'headingEmphasisFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'headingFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'docFont'=("Arial",8pt)
 'BatchFixedFont'=("Arial",8pt);

 replace color_list /
 'link'= blue
 'bgH' = white 
 'fg' = black 
 'bg' = white; 

 class header, footer / 
 backgroundcolor = white 
 fontfamily = "Arial" 
 color = black;

 style body from body /
 leftmargin = .7in
 rightmargin = .7in
 topmargin = 1.0in
 bottommargin = 0.7in;

 replace Table from Output /
 frame = above 
 rules = groups 
 cellpadding = 0pt 
 cellspacing = 0pt 
 borderwidth = 0.8pt;
 end;
run;
quit;

ods rtf file = "Actual_result.rtf" style = MyStyleRTF;
options orientation = landscape;
ods startpage = yes; 

title1 j = r '{Page \field{\*\fldinst { PAGE \\* MERGEFORMAT }}} of {\field{\*\fldinst SECTIONPAGES \* MERGEFORMAT }}';

ods rtf sectiondata="\pgnrestart\pgnstarts1";

proc report data = sashelp.class;
 define sex / order;

 break after sex / page;
run;

ods rtf close;

Thank you in advance!

Re: Section break (Next Page) instead of Page break

GaneshLekurwale — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 03:24:48 GMT

Please try below code after your PROC TEMPLATE . I edited your code by commenting and replacing with few changes.

ods rtf file = "Actual_result.rtf" style = MyStyleRTF;
options orientation = landscape;

/*ods startpage = yes; */

/*title1 j = r '{Page \field{\*\fldinst { PAGE \\* MERGEFORMAT }}} of {\field{\*\fldinst SECTIONPAGES \* MERGEFORMAT }}';*/
title1 j = r '{Page \field {\*\fldinst PAGE \\*MERGEFORMAT}} {of \field {\*\fldinst NUMPAGES \\*MERGEFORMAT}}';

/*ods rtf sectiondata="\pgnrestart\pgnstarts1";*/

proc report data = sashelp.class;
define sex / order;

break after sex / page;
run;

ods rtf close;

Re: Section break (Next Page) instead of Page break

Olga239 — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 08:37:10 GMT

Yes, it works when there is only one table in the document (as in my simplest example).
But unfortunately when we have several tables pagination retains consecutive.

Re: Section break (Next Page) instead of Page break

GaneshLekurwale — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:17:03 GMT

I am not really sure about what exactly you mean "But unfortunately when we have several tables pagination retains consecutive." I have produced enough reports with the same code and had never been problem with several hundred pages. May be you can elaborate more I am sure there is solution to your case.