topic Re: How do I add page breaks in ODS PDF output when using "startpage=no"? in SAS Programming

How do I add page breaks in ODS PDF output when using "startpage=no"?

megsredl — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:39:27 GMT

I'm trying to create a PDF report containing a lot of small tables and accompanying text. I can fit more than one table per page, so I am using "startpage=no" so multiple tables appear on a page, otherwise the report would be really long. However, tables are being split across two pages when they can't fit on the current page. I would like to start a new page if the table cannot fit on the current page, and ideally start a new page for different sections of the report. How do you add page breaks when using startpage=no?

Not sure if my code is necessary here, but here is my code to open the file:

ods escapechar="^";
ods pdf file="title.pdf" startpage=no;
	options nodate;

Thank you for the help!

Re: How do I add page breaks in ODS PDF output when using "startpage=no"?

Reeza — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:51:36 GMT

Use the NOW value for the option.

See the 7th example in the documentation.

ods html close;   /* Not needed if using SAS Studio */

options nodate;

ods pdf file="file.pdf" notoc startpage=no ;


title "Top of the First Page Title";
footnote "Bottom of the first page footnote";


proc report data=sashelp.cars ;
   col origin enginesize mpg_city;
   where mpg_highway gt 45;
run;


title;
footnote;

ods graphics on / reset noborder;
   proc sgplot data=sashelp.cars;
    where mpg_highway gt 45;
    scatter x=enginesize y=mpg_city;
  run;

ods pdf startpage=now;

title "Top of the Second Page Title";
footnote "Bottom of the second page footnote";


proc report data=sashelp.cars ;
   col make model type;
   where mpg_highway gt 45;
run;



title;
footnote;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.cars;
   where mpg_highway gt 45;
   scatter x=enginesize y=mpg_highway;
run;



ods pdf close;   /* Not needed if using SAS Studio */
ods html;

@megsredl wrote:

I'm trying to create a PDF report containing a lot of small tables and accompanying text. I can fit more than one table per page, so I am using "startpage=no" so multiple tables appear on a page, otherwise the report would be really long. However, tables are being split across two pages when they can't fit on the current page. I would like to start a new page if the table cannot fit on the current page, and ideally start a new page for different sections of the report. How do you add page breaks when using startpage=no?

Not sure if my code is necessary here, but here is my code to open the file:
ods escapechar="^";
ods pdf file="title.pdf" startpage=no;
	options nodate;
Thank you for the help!

Re: How do I add page breaks in ODS PDF output when using "startpage=no"?

megsredl — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:54:17 GMT

Thank you!