topic How to change the position of the legend in SGPlot? in SAS Programming

How to change the position of the legend in SGPlot?

xizidememeda — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 06:03:05 GMT

Hi all!

I use the following code to plot a graph, however, I find that I cannot change the position of the legend. Is it because I changed the default size of the graph? I tried many times, but the legend position didn't change.

ods graphics on / width=12in;
ods graphics on / height=7in;

proc sgplot data=hor;
  keylegend / location=inside position=bottomleft;
  xaxis values=(1 2 3 4 5) label='portfolios';
  yaxis label='betas';
  y2axis label="gamma";
  highlow x=n high=MH low=ML;
  scatter x=n y=e / datalabel;
  scatter x=n y=r / datalabel y2axis;
run;

I appreciate it very much for your warm help!

Re: How to change the position of the legend in SGPlot?

ChrisNZ — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 07:46:38 GMT

Give us data to plot.

Use one the SASHELP tables.

Re: How to change the position of the legend in SGPlot?

ballardw — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:29:18 GMT

@xizidememeda wrote:

Hi all!

I use the following code to plot a graph, however, I find that I cannot change the position of the legend. Is it because I changed the default size of the graph? I tried many times, but the legend position didn't change.
ods graphics on / width=12in;
ods graphics on / height=7in;

proc sgplot data=hor;
  keylegend / location=inside position=bottomleft;
  xaxis values=(1 2 3 4 5) label='portfolios';
  yaxis label='betas';
  y2axis label="gamma";
  highlow x=n high=MH low=ML;
  scatter x=n y=e / datalabel;
  scatter x=n y=r / datalabel y2axis;
run;
I appreciate it very much for your warm help!

Where does your legend appear?

If you specify a location that has lots of your plot values the legend is shifted to reduce collisions.

From the documentation:

If LOCATION=INSIDE is specified, the legend is automatically positioned near an edge of the plot area that has the least amount of collision with the data.


	If LOCATION=INSIDE is specified, the legend is automatically positioned near an edge of the plot area that has the least amount of collision with the data.