Position of TOC in PDF Output

[Sasuser52]

We use the contents=yes option in ods pdf to get a printed table of contents in a pdf document, but we don't like that the toc is positioned at the beginning of the pdf file. Is there another technique to get a pdf document starting with a cover sheet, followed by a toc with correct page numbers and then the actual contents.

ods pdf file="..." contents=yes  pdftoc = 1 startpage=no;

[smantha]

Please refer to documentation here https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=odsug&docsetTarget=n0mc4eolqoned0n16oy88mpj0e4g.htm&docsetVe...

[Sasuser52]

Thank you for your kind answer. I know the documentation for "ods pdf", but I see no possibility to place the TOC behind a cover sheet. That's why I asked for another technique ...

[smantha]

The closes I came to your requirement

ods html close;   /* Not needed if using SAS Studio */
proc template;
   define style Styles.CustomTitle;
   parent=Styles.pearl;
      class ContentTitle from ContentTitle /
              pretext='My Customized Title';
   end;
run;


ods pdf file="C:\Users\mantsu01\Documents\CustomTOC.pdf";
options nodate nonumber;
ods proclabel "This is the cover page";

data new;
header='Created by SM on 06-10-2020';
label header = 'Title of my project';
run;

proc print noobs labels;
*where not missing(header);
run;

options number;

options pageno=1;
ods proclabel "Crosstab of SASHELP.CARS";
proc freq data=sashelp.cars;
   tables origin*type / contents="";
run;

ods proclabel "All variables: SASHELP.CARS";
proc print data=sashelp.cars contents="Second level";
run;


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

proc template;
delete Styles.CustomTitle;
run;

[Sasuser52]

Thank you, Smantha, for the time you have invested. I recognize that you were able to adjust the page numbering and I have learned something. But, maybe I was not clear, that my main problem ist the TOC appearing at the start of the document which in my context is very ununusal.  I have given up and accepted that that SAS currently does not provide an easy way to locate the TOC in an pdf document properly.