About this blog
Welcome to Graphically Speaking, a blog by Sanjay Matange focused on the usage of ODS Graphics for data visualization in SAS. The blog will cover topics related to the Statistical Graphics procedures, the Graph Template Language and the ODS Graphics Designer. We will also discuss visualization topics in emerging fields such as interactive data visualization, mobile platforms and HTML5. Articles are also contributed by Dan Heath, Prashant Hebbar and Pratik Phadke. Sanjay and Dan are the co-authors of Statistical Graphics Procedures by Example: Effective Graphs Using SAS

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Sanjay Matange
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Senior Software Manager
Sanjay Matange is a Senior Software Manager in the Data Visualization Division at SAS. Sanjay is responsible for the development and support of the ODS Graphics system, including the Graph Template Language (GTL), Statistical Graphics (SG) procedures, ODS Graphics Designer and related software. Sanjay has co-authored a book on SG Procedures with SAS/PRESS.
Recent Posts
PharmaSUG 2012 update
PharmaSUG 2012 conference drew to a close today, concluding two and a half days packed with papers, presentations, posters, hands-on demos and super demos by ... Read More
Graphs with log axis
Recently I posted an article on this blog on how to create bar charts with log response axes in response to a question by a ... Read More
Axis values and hint
Getting the axis values just right generally requires some work, and the values you want can change from case to case. One such example was ... Read More
Bar chart with log response axis
Creating bar charts with log response axis has come up a few times in the past few days. Before we look into how we could ... Read More
SAS Global Forum Monday update
On Friday before the conference, I presented a 1 day "developer led" seminar on SG Procedures and GTL, along with a discussion of new features for ... Read More
Just a legend, please
Recently, an interesting question was posed on the previous article on this blog by a reader. Can we use the new DiscreteAttrMap feature to create just ... Read More
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to SAS Global Forum we go
SAS Global Forum 2012 at Orlando, Florida is just round the corner and we are excited to see so many presentations offered by users on SG ... Read More
Bar chart on interval axis
Recently, a user asked about creating a Bar Chart of Value by Date, where the dates are displayed on a scaled interval axis. Consider this simulated ... Read More
Simpler is better
A recent article in the SAS and R blog was about current winter temperatures in Albany, NY. The temperature data for the recent winter (Dec ... Read More

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