ods pdf blanc page

sanjay1 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:22:14 GMT

Hi Team,

I am trying to output the proc freq output of two datasets side by side using ODs PDF, but I am getting the first page as blank.

code :

ods pdf file='path.pdf' style=journal startpage=no;

ods layout gridded columns=2 advance=table column _width=(45% 45%);

ods region;

title "data1";

proc freq data=table1;

table unit*class/nopercent nocum norow nocol;

run;

ods region;

title "data2";

proc freq data=table2;

table unit*class/nopercent nocum norow nocol;

run;

ods layout end;

ods pdf close;

When I run the above code, I get the first page as blank. How do we avoid the black page in the output pdf.

Re: ods pdf blanc page

Cynthia_sas — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:45:36 GMT

Hi,

When I run a slightly modified version of your code, I do not observe the same behavior. Here's my output:

And here's my code:

options label orientation=portrait leftmargin=.10in rightmargin=.10in;

ods noproctitle;
  
ods pdf file='c:\temp\checkODS.pdf' style=journal startpage=no;
ods layout gridded columns=2 advance=table;
ods region;
  
proc freq data=sashelp.class;
title 'SASHELP.CLASS';
table sex*age/nopercent nocum norow nocol;
run;

ods region;
 
proc freq data=sashelp.classfit;
title 'SASHELP.CLASSFIT';
table sex*age/nopercent nocum norow nocol;
run;
ods layout end;
ods pdf close;

So I'm not sure what is happening to cause your code to get a blank page. You might want to work with Tech Support on this.

Personally, I don't like the look of PROC FREQ output side by side and I probably would have used TABULATE or REPORT instead.

Cynthia

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