[...] Rick Wicklin's blog post on using abbreviations provided a solution for a long standing pain.   When writing a new GTL program for simple graph, often the bulk of the code is boiler plate. To create a simple scatter plot of weight by height, you need to type in the following program: proc template; define statgraph class; begingraph; entrytitle 'Weight by Height for all Students'; layout overlay; scatterplot x=height y=weight / group=sex name='a'; discretelegend 'a'; endlayout; endgraph; end; run;   ods listing; ods graphics / reset width=5in height=3in imagename='class'; proc sgrender data=sashelp.class template=class; run; …