topic Re: proc sgplot - different transparency for line and markers in SAS Programming

proc sgplot - different transparency for line and markers

kz_ — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:32:53 GMT

I'm using proc sgplot and I would like a dark solid line over a fairly transparent scatter plot. Can I adjust the transparency for the line/markers individually?

It seems you that you can't put 'transparency' inside either set of parentheses.

proc sgplot data=mydata; 
	reg y=hrs x=days / lineattrs=(thickness=4 color=red)
		markerattrs=(symbol=circlefilled size=6) transparency=0.85; 
	yaxis grid values=(0 to 1800 by 100) label="ylabel";
	xaxis label="xlabel";
run;

Re: proc sgplot - different transparency for line and markers

ballardw — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:28:00 GMT

I might suggest two REG statements. One with the markers and transparency you want , the second with the line attributes you want and the NOMARKERS option.

The order of the REG statements will have some impact so I suspect the first should be the one with markers and the second the one without markers so the line draws over the previous line.

Re: proc sgplot - different transparency for line and markers

Ksharp — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 11:49:04 GMT

You could overlap scatter points or line to make it happen.

proc sgplot data=sashelp.heart; 
	scatter y=height x=weight/markerattrs=(symbol=circlefilled size=6) transparency=0.85;
    reg y=height x=weight / lineattrs=(thickness=4 color=red ) nomarkers; 
	yaxis grid  label="ylabel";
	xaxis label="xlabel";
run;