topic how to save ods graphics in SAS Programming

how to save ods graphics

drdee — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:45:37 GMT

Inspired by the answer to my previous question, I was wondering how to save the graphics produced by ODS, e.g. the DiagnosticsPanel produced by PROC REG. Can I turn it into a png and save it to my C drive?

Thanks,

Dimitri

Re: how to save ods graphics

FreelanceReinh — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:09:57 GMT

Hello @drdee,

I think PNG is the default format and C:\Users\username the default path. But in any case you can specify the format in the ODS GRAPHICS statement and the path in the ODS destination statement (i.e. ODS LISTING, ODS HTML, etc.). See these links for more options, e.g., to specify the file name, the image resolution, height, width, etc.

Example:

ods graphics on / imagefmt=png;
ods listing gpath='C:\Temp'; /* or: ods html gpath='C:\Temp'; */

A subsequent PROC REG step would then (by default) create DiagnosticsPanel.png and ResidualPlot.png (possibly with a numeric suffix added to the names to make them unique) in C:\Temp.

Re: how to save ods graphics

drdee — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:53:19 GMT

Many thanks!