topic Re: Plotit macro in University Edition in SAS Programming

Plotit macro in University Edition

mthorne — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:00:49 GMT

Is the Plotit macro still available in University Edition? This is the error messages I get, but yet I can do statistical procedures and run graphics.

80 %plotit(data=outcanRS, plotvars=Can2 Can1,

81 labelvar=_blank_, symvar=depth, typevar=depth,

82 symsize=1, symlen=4, exttypes=symbol, ls=100,

83 tsize=1.5, extend=close);

ERROR: SAS/STAT and SAS/GRAPH must be licensed to run this macro.

ERROR: The PLOTIT macro ended abnormally.

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

Reeza — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:06:19 GMT

The plotit macro uses SAS/GRAPH module which isn't included in SAS UE. GPLOT is fairly old, you should be using SGPLOT these days instead.

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

WarrenKuhfeld — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 19:54:33 GMT

The plotit macro has NOTHING to do with GPLOT. I wrote it decades ago to circumvent major deficiencies in GPLOT.

That said, I totally agree that SGPLOT is a far better alternative for making scatter plots.

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

mthorne — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 20:15:12 GMT

Thanks for the reply!

I am using Candisc and I found an example for using Template and Sgrender. Is there a better method?

Mark

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

Tom — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:01:15 GMT

@WarrenKuhfeld wrote:

The plotit macro has NOTHING to do with GPLOT. I wrote it decades ago to circumvent major deficiencies in GPLOT.

That said, I totally agree that SGPLOT is a far better alternative for making scatter plots.

Both the error message in the original post and header of the file that has the PLOTIT macro seem to claim that SAS/GRAPH (of which GPLOT is one of the procedures) is required.

 /*    MISC: The following SAS products are required to run      */
 /*          this macro: BASE, STAT, GRAPH.                      */

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

WarrenKuhfeld — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:22:32 GMT

The message is accurate. SAS/GRAPH is required. There are all kinds of procs in SAS/GRAPH, including GPLOT, that have nothing to do with the macro. None of that changes the fact that SAS/GRAPH is required. No one cares about the details of plotit any more. I don't remember the details myself, and I wrote it. However, I am certain that it did not use GPLOT and that the frustration of GPLOT not providing a way to label points led me to write it.

Use SGPLOT! It is the modern way-cool way to do things in SAS. Don't worry about a macro that I wrote decades ago that has been eclipsed by newer and better technology.

Re: Plotit macro in University Edition

WarrenKuhfeld — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:28:43 GMT

BTW, the fact that the macro printed a message proves that it is available in University Edition, even if it does not actually work in University Edition (because SAS/GRAPH is not available in University Edition). It could not print a message if it were not there.