Graphically Speaking
Data Visualization with a focus on SAS ODS Graphics![Advanced ODS Graphics: Applying the POSITION= option to scatter plots](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/12/WFKPos3b-702x336.png)
The POSITION= option in the TEXT statement provides you with a way to position text in a variety of locations relative to a point. You can use this option to fine tune label placement in a plot primarily created by using the SCATTER statement and the DATALABEL= option.
![Fun with ODS Graphics: Animating text](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/12/WFKHolFea-702x336.gif)
This post shows you how to animate text to create a message that appears one character at a time.
![Little things go a long way](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/12/Curve_400.png)
In my previous post, I described a new options to control the widths of the caps for Whiskers, Error and Limit bars. This topic could have been titled "Little things go a long way", as such details really make for a good graph. In a similar manner, another detail issue
![Customizing cap widths](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/11/Box_Cap_400.png)
The SG procedures and GTL statements do a lot of work for us to display the data using the specified statements. This includes setting many details such as arrow heads, line patterns etc, including caps. Often, such details have a fixed design according to what seems reasonable for most use
![Advanced ODS Graphics: A deeper dive into item stores](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/11/WFKTmpl5-702x336.png)
We'll take a deeper dive into understanding item stores--the files in which compiled templates are stored--and ways in which you can access them. At the end, I will show you one of my new examples: displaying percentages in the Kaplan-Meier failure plot.
![Spark table](https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/files/2017/11/Spark_Table_400.png)
In the previous post, I discussed creating a 2D grid of spark lines by Year and Claim Type. This graph was presented in the SESUG conference held last week on SAS campus in the paper ""Methods for creating Sparklines using SAS" by Rick Andrews. This grid of sparklines was actually the