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Kelly MillsNovember 20, 2018 0

PROC SGMAP, Base SAS Procedures and MAPSSAS Data Sets

Starting with SAS 9.4M6, procedures that used to be provided with a SAS/GRAPH installation are now available with Base SAS. Using these procedures along with PROC SGMAP can help you create some very nice maps. This blog builds on previous posts and highlights the: MAPSSAS Data Sets GREMOVE procedure %CENTROID

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Sanjay MatangeNovember 1, 2018 0

Text plot can do that

The TEXT plot was introduced with SAS 9.4M2 to facilitate placement of text strings in a graph. This replaces the MARKERCHAR feature of the SCATTER plot statement, which is still available, but it is better to use TEXT plot in most cases. The syntax is: text x=column y=column text=column </

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 23, 2018 0

Custom bar labels

Recently a colleague was requested to create a bar chart showing the performance of students in a school compared to county and state wide schools. The solution using SGPLOT was simple as shown below. /*--Create data--*/ data school; input Year Group $ Value; format Value percent5.1; datalines;

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