ReportHandle

A ReportHandle is used to control the state of an open report. A report's handle can be obtained by calling the getReportHandle method on a SASReportElement, SASReportPageElement, or SASReportObjectElement.

Methods

setReportParameters(parameters: Object | undefined): void

Set the state of all the parameters in a report. For information on how parameters can be added to reports, see the SAS documentation for parameters.

If parameters is an object, each key in the object should correspond to the name of a parameter used in the report. Keys are case-sensitive and must match the name of the parameter exactly. If a key does not match any parameters in the report, its value is ignored.

For single value parameters, the value may be a number, string, Date object, null, or undefined. For parameters that support multiple values, the value may be also be an array of numbers, strings, or Date objects. If the value given for a parameter is null, undefined, or the empty string '', that parameter's value will be unset.

All report parameters missing from the parameters argument are reset to their default values. Calling setReportParameters with either an empty object or undefined resets all parameters to their default values. A parameter's default value is the value it had when the report was first opened.

If a parameter is given an invalid value, the value is ignored and the parameter is neither updated nor reset. Numeric and date values that are out of range for their parameters are invalid, as are arrays passed to single value parameters. Strings are valid values for numeric parameters only if they can be parsed into numbers. Strings are not valid for date and datetime parameters.

If a page contains more than one SASReportObjectElement using the same report, parameters set on a ReportHandle from one will affect all the others on the page. Each SASReportElement and SASReportPageElement maintains its own report state, so setting parameters on those elements does not affect other elements on the page.

Example

In this example, the parameters Date, Character, Multiple Character, and Numeric get valid values, OtherNumeric has its value unset, and InvalidNumeric is left unchanged. If the report contained other parameters not present in the object, they would be reset to their initial state.

const sasReport = document.getElementById("my-report");
sasReport.getReportHandle().then((reportHandle) => {
  reportHandle.setReportParameters({
    Date: new Date(2020, 0, 1),
    Character: "String",
    "Multiple Character": ["String 1", "String 2"],
    Numeric: 12,
    OtherNumeric: null,
    InvalidNumeric: "number",
  });
});

updateReportParameters(parameters: Object): void

Update a subset of the parameters in the report.

Usage of updateReportParameters is the same as setReportParameters, except report parameters missing from the parameters argument do not get reset to their default values. Calling updateReportParameters with an empty object has no effect on the report.

Example

In this example, the parameters Character and Numeric get new values, while all other parameters are left unchanged.

const sasReport = document.getElementById("my-report");
sasReport.getReportHandle().then((reportHandle) => {
  reportHandle.updateReportParameters({
    Character: "String",
    Numeric: 12,
  });
});

exportPDF(options?: ExportPDFOptions): Promise<string>

Exports a PDF of the report and returns a URL to the PDF document.

options is an ExportPDFOptions that controls the format of the exported PDF document. If no options parameter is supplied, the report will be exported using the default options values.

Example

In this example, custom options are passed in to the export function, and the exported PDF is opened in a new window.

const sasReport = document.getElementById("my-report");
sasReport.getReportHandle().then((reportHandle) => {
  const options = {
    orientation: "portrait",
    margin: { top: 0.2, bottom: 0.2, units: "inches" },
    includeDetailsTables: true,
    includedReportObjects: ["ve38", "ve56"],
  };

  reportHandle.exportPDF(options).then((pdfUrl) => {
    // Open the PDF in a new window
    window.open(pdfUrl, '_blank');
  });
});