https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1053#M502 Mike,<BR /> <BR /> Experimental software is software that has been developed but it hasn't been fully tested by our testers. I would recommend against using experimental software in production jobs.<BR /> <BR /> The good news is that "newfile=" is production quality in 9.2. 9.2 is due to ship in the 1st quarter of 2007<BR /> <BR /> Scott Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:14:30 GMT ScottH_SAS 2006-07-18T16:14:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1052#M501 We will be running PROC REPORT (actually, several different PROC REPORTs) to produce a report for 9 regions. The output for each region is to be sent to the supervisor for that region.<BR /> <BR /> I had planned on producing PDF files, and had vaguely remembered that ODS had a NEWFILE= option that could start a separate file for each BY-group. To my horror, when I looked at the ODS PDF documentation, I didn't see this option listed.<BR /> <BR /> At any rate, after considering some less than satisfactory alternatives, I decided to try a quick prototype anyway. It worked, but noted that "Newfile is an experimental option for Printer." <BR /> <BR /> Normally we avoid using experimental software in production jobs. However, I figured I'd check to see if there was any sense for how reliable (or unreliable) NEWFILE has turned out to be in 9.1.3 with ODS PDF.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks! Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:20:15 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1052#M501 MikeRhoads 2006-07-18T15:20:15Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1053#M502 Mike,<BR /> <BR /> Experimental software is software that has been developed but it hasn't been fully tested by our testers. I would recommend against using experimental software in production jobs.<BR /> <BR /> The good news is that "newfile=" is production quality in 9.2. 9.2 is due to ship in the 1st quarter of 2007<BR /> <BR /> Scott Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:14:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1053#M502 ScottH_SAS 2006-07-18T16:14:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1054#M503 Mike:<BR /> I have been teaching NEWFILE= for PDF (as experimental). Even though it's not listed in the DOC and may be officially considered experimental until 9.2, I have not experienced any problems with using it in SAS 9.1.3 and you know how I can bang on things to try to break them! Here's the site where it is listed -- the doc for it would essentially be the same as the doc for NEWFILE= with HTML or RTF:<BR /> [pre]<BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/odsprinter/new91.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/odsprinter/new91.html</A><BR /> [/pre]<BR /> If your production requirements are such that you cannot use experimental software, then you will have to bypass newfile= for PDF until it's officially production.<BR /> cynthia Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:21:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Reliability-of-ODS-PDF-NEWFILE-in-SAS-9-1-3/m-p/1054#M503 Cynthia_sas 2006-07-21T13:21:02Z