topic Re: Removing Second Level BookMark from PDF file in ODS and Base Reporting

Removing Second Level BookMark from PDF file

singhbrothers1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:28:46 GMT

I'm trying to remove the second level of bookmark from the PDF output that i create using ODS PDF. I am able to collapse it using pdftoc=1 in the ODS PDF statement. But how can I completely remove this second level of bookmark. See attachment where it says "The SGRender Procedure" (Please note i do need the first level bookmark so cannot use NOBOOKMARKGEN option it turns it off completely.)

%let ods_pdf_out = <Name and Location of the PDF file>;
ods pdf file = "&ods_pdf_out." style=mystyle pdftoc=1;
ODS PROCLABEL "Figure 14.3.5.1.1 : Box and Whisker Plot Over Time of Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg): Observed Values";

Any help would be great.

Re: Removing Second Level BookMark from PDF file

PGStats — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:39:48 GMT

Have you tried to play with the OBJECTLABEL option of SGRENDER? Where does the label end up in the TOC?

Re: Removing Second Level BookMark from PDF file

singhbrothers1 — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:50:13 GMT

Output of Proc SGrender is just one of the outputs. My outputs use various procedure e.g. Proc Report, Proc SGRender, Proc LIfe test. Is there a general way to removing the bookmarks or managing them as a post process, from PDF files?

Re: Removing Second Level BookMark from PDF file

Cynthia_sas — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:18:18 GMT

Hi: The "general" way is to use ODS PROCLABEL and/or the CONTENTS= option for procedures like PRINT, REPORT and TABULATE that have the CONTENTS= option. For other procedure output, the more general way to control the TOC is to use ODS DOCUMENT and PROC DOCUMENT, as shown in these papers:
https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/sgf09/318-2009.pdf
and
http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/scratch/document-tips.pdf
and
https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/273-2012.pdf
and
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2012/11/19/ods-at-your-fingertips-with-proc-document/

Cynthia