SAS macros/code to combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf

[Amine_Khemiri]

Hello Community,

I would like to combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf using SAS studio. 

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Amine

[Quentin]

Hi, this isn't really a SAS thing, unfortunately.  If you have other tools/languages that can combine PDFs, you can use SAS to drive/automate the process.  If you google a bit, you'll find approaches  like:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Combine-PDF-files-using-SAS/td-p/488455

https://www.lexjansen.com/pharmasug-cn/2016/PG/PharmaSUG-China-2016-PG21.pdf

https://gist.github.com/statgeek/264fe76bdccb6b137215

SAS gives you a lot of control when creating PDFs.  But doesn't really have features for managing/updating PDFs after they have been created.

[Jackson_Prok]

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@Amine_Khemiri wrote:

Hello Community,

I would like to combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf using SAS studio. 

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Amine

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Amine, you can merge PDF files using SAS Studio by leveraging the `FILENAME` statement and the `DATA` step along with `ods pdf`. Here's a simple example:

FILENAME outpdf 'combined.pdf';

DATA _NULL_;
FILE outpdf;
ods pdf (id=merge) file=outpdf;
/* insert code to generate or import PDF files here */
ods pdf close;
RUN;

Remember to replace the placeholder comment with the code and an whatsapp +2 that imports or generates the PDF files you want to combine.