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Sanjay MatangeNovember 17, 2013 0

Getting Started with GTL - 2 - Scatter Plots with Labels

In the first article on Getting Started with GTL, we discussed the basics on how to create a graph using the Graph Template Language. This involved the creation of a "statgraph" template using the TEMPLATE procedure, and then associating data with the template to create the graph using the SGRENDER

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Warren F. KuhfeldNovember 11, 2013 1

The RUN Statement: Fun and Fitness with ODS Graphics

I decided this year to get serious about my running. I started recording my distance for every run. I made a SAS data set and generated simple reports. After a few weeks, I set a goal of averaging one marathon a week (3.8 miles per day, 26.2 miles per week,

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Sanjay MatangeNovember 8, 2013 7

Healthcare.gov numbers

Working at SAS, I consider myself fortunate to have the best employee benefits in the industry. That is one of the factors placing SAS as one of the best companies to work for worldwide, and often THE best company to work for in USA. Given that, I was curious to know the kind

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 31, 2013 1

Schedule Chart with Links

A couple of weeks back I described q way to create a Schedule Chart using the SGPLOT procedure. In that case, I used the HIGHLOW plot to draw bar segments, both for a single and grouped case. A natural extension is to create one with links between each segment. So,

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 25, 2013 4

Getting Started with GTL - 1 - Scatter Plots

I am happy to report that my new book "Getting Started with the Graph Template Language in SAS" is now shipping. A colleague suggest it would be useful to post some articles with the same theme of "Getting started". I thought that was a great idea, and decided to start a new

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 19, 2013 3

Schedule Chart

Last week Bruno asked about creating a Schedule Chart using SG Procedures. To me, such projects are very interesting and challenging...How much mileage can we get out of the current set of SGPLOT procedure features to create a visual that was not part of the original requirements? The clear choice for

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 16, 2013 6

Getting Started with Graph Template Language

If you have been reading the articles in this blog, you already know that the Graph Template Language (GTL) forms the underlying foundation for all graphs produced automatically from SAS analytical procedures and custom graphs created with the SG Procedures and the ODS Graphics Designer. SG procedures and Designer provide

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 14, 2013 1

Papers from MWSUG by Perry Watts

Yesterday I read a Christina's blog article on the winners of the Best Presentations honor at MWSUG 2013. Two papers caught my (graphical) eye, both by Perry Watts. Perry has done a marvelous job describing how creatively use GTL to make graphs that may not be obvious at first glance.

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 1, 2013 6

Visual Index

Some of you may have already noticed the small graphical icon on the lower right side of the blog article labeled "Graphically Speaking Index". Yes, it is a link to a visual index for all articles published in this blog. Well, eventually it will have all the articles. So far, I

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Sanjay MatangeSeptember 20, 2013 11

Stacked Bar Chart with Segment Labels

A couple of weeks back we had a question on how to make a bar chart with stacked and clustered groups. User also wanted to display the value for each stacked segment below the bars. The article Bar Charts with Stacked and Cluster Groups shows how to create such a

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