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.   ... View more

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 ... ... View more

Thank you for your answer. 😊 I guess there is no nice way to do this. It would be convenient to have it. Now I have a lot of closing the Ecxel file, running a SAS programm, opening the Excel file, changing something, closing the file, running the SAS programm, opening the file .... ... View more

Yes, I mean old-fashioned PC SAS with display manager, running locally. 😉 ... View more

Thank you for your answer 🍓. Your answer might help somebody, but for me this is not what I am looking for. ... View more

Thank you for your answer 😊. I can assure you that I do not have the intention to cheat nor are any authorities involved. The audit trail can record the addition of a variable. In my case this is not necessary. For me it would be ok to suspend the audit trail, add the variable and afterwards resume the recording. ... View more

Thank you for your answer 🙂 . I know that the problem can be solved to some extent by using a view (sorry that I did not mention them). But, I hope there is a way to rearrange variables in the data set without losing the audit trail. It would be ok, to temporarily suspend the audit trail for the rearrangement.   ... View more