The SAS/GRAPH PDF device
enables you to add drill-down graphs to your PDF file when you generate
your PDF file using the ODS PDF or ODS PRINTER destination. The drill-down
links include links that are created with the URL=, HTML=, and HTML_LEGEND=
options for graph statements and annotation data, and the LINK= option
for TITLE, FOOTNOTE, and NOTE statements. The links can be to an external
file or URL. Creating drill-down graphs for a PDF document is similar
to creating drill-down graphs for a Web presentation. See Adding Links and Enhancements with the URL=, HTML=, and HTML_LEGEND= Options.
Note: In the PDF format, when the
mouse pointer is positioned on a drill-down link, a data tip displays
the destination URL for that link. Custom data tips are not supported
in the PDF format.
In order to write a
drill-down graph to a PDF file, you must do all of the following:
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use one of the following ODS statements
to open the ODS PDF or ODS PRINTER destination:
ODS PDF
ODS PRINTER PRINTER=PDF
If you use the ODS
PRINTER destination, you must specify the PDF printer. For more information
about the ODS PDF and ODS PRINTER destinations, see
SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.
Note: Because the drill-down graphs
are external to the PDF file, do not use the PDFA printer to generate
an archivable PDF file. An archivable PDF file must be a totally self-contained
file.
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use one or more of the following
options to specify the URL for your drill-down links:
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the URL= or HTML= option in your
drill-down chart statement
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the HTML_LEGEND= option in your
drill-down chart statement
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the HTML= option in your annotate
data
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the LINK= option on your TITLE,
NOTE, or FOOTNOTE statement
If all of these conditions
are not met, your graph is written to the PDF file, but the drill-down
links do not work as expected.
See the following examples: