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Sanjay MatangeOctober 30, 2017 2

Fill patterns

When a plot is classified by one or more variables, the different classes values are displayed in the graph either by position or by using different plot attributes such as color, marker shape or line pattern. For plots that display the visual by a filled area (bar, bin, band, bubble,

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 27, 2017 3

Legend items

Plot statements included in the graph definition can contribute to the legend(s). This can happen automatically, or can be customized using the KEYLEGEND statement. For plot statements that are classified by a group variable, all of the unique group values are displayed in the legend, along with their graphical representation

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 23, 2017 3

Turnip plot redux

Last year, a user asked about creating a "Turnip Plot" as used in this study of Caesarian Section Rates. Primarily, this is similar to a histogram on the y-axis for each unique value on the y-axis. A marker is drawn for each occurrence, starting from the center. Back then, I

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 22, 2017 1

Tips and tricks: Segmented discrete axis

The previous post on Multiple Blank Categories showed how to include multiple blank categories on the axis. But, given the purpose for this was to separate different segments in the data, I also included ideas on how to segmented a discrete axis using reference lines or Block Plot. A similar idea

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 16, 2017 1

Tips and tricks - Multiple blank categories on axis

Off and on, users have expressed the need to include multiple blank categories on a discrete axis. Often, this is desirable to separate groups of bars (or categories) in a graph due to some difference their definition. Such a case was discussed in this blog article on using non breaking

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 14, 2017 0

New Features in SAS 9.40M5 - Gradient fills

ODS Graphics procedures primarily strive towards the following goal: "Make simple graphs easy and complex graphs possible". SGPLOT procedure allows you create simple graphs with a single plot statement, and create complex graphs by layering together or combining multiple plot statements. Generally, the appearance follows the guidelines set by industry

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Warren F. KuhfeldOctober 9, 2017 1

Advanced ODS Graphics: Axis tables that contain special characters

This post provides a general macro that enables you to easily display special characters (Unicode) in axis table columns.

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 6, 2017 2

New features with SAS 9.40 M5

SAS 9.4 maintenance release 5 was released on Sept 19, 2017. This release includes many new items including integration with SAS Viya and SAS Studio, a web application for SAS development. Also Included with this release are some cool new features in the graphics domain, some of which were requested

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Sanjay MatangeOctober 1, 2017 0

Getting started with SGPLOT - Part 8 - Horizontal HighLow Plot

On a recent visit to an In-House Users Group meeting at a Pharmaceutical company, I presented a 1/2 day seminar on creating Clinical Graphs using SG Procedures. Polling the audience for their experience with these procedures indicated that many SAS users are not familiar with these new ways to create graphs. So,

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Warren F. KuhfeldSeptember 18, 2017 0

Advanced ODS Graphics: Inserting a graph into a graph

You can use SG Annotation (and its GTL equivalent) to display one graph inside another.

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