topic Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step? in SAS Programming

Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

FattahMArif — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:15:17 GMT

Sorry if this is the wrong location. It's confusing to figure out which one is the correct forum, but I want to rename the y-axis of the plot that is produced by

proc plot; plot energy_weekday * temp = 'W' energy_weekend * temp = 'S' /overlay;

to "energy" (right now, the plot shows "energy_weekday" as the y-axis).

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

PaigeMiller — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:17:32 GMT

Put a label statement into the code

proc plot;
    plot energy_weekday * temp = 'W' energy_weekend * temp = 'S'/overlay;
    label energy_weekday='Energy';
run;

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

FattahMArif — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:19:49 GMT

Thanks, it worked! It looks a bit awkward, so idk if there's a way to format it better, but it at least got the job done

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

ballardw — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:50:01 GMT

Haven't used Proc PLOT in over 30 years.

Is there a reason you don't want a nicer looking plot or is this intended for line-printer output?

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

FattahMArif — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:51:50 GMT

This is what my team has been doing since before I joined. What do you recommend instead?

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

ballardw — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:08:13 GMT

With any version of SAS since 9.1 I would be using Proc SGPLOT or SGPANEL for plots.

You should have the SASHELP.Class data set available to test the following code which produces two similar plots:

proc plot data=sashelp.class;
  plot weight*height
     /vpos=25
  ;
run;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
  scatter x=height y=weight/markerattrs=(color=blue) transparency=.5;
run;

I used the transparency setting to make the colors in the SGPLOT output a bit transparent so when multiple values overlay that is shown by a more intense color fill instead of the letter B in the Plot result.

Sgplot adds multiple types of graphs, quite a bit more appearance options and will create pretty nice appearing output when sent to document formats like PDF and RTF.

Re: Can you rename the y-axis when using an overlay option for a proc plot step?

FattahMArif — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:32:18 GMT

Sorry for the late reply, but I appreciate the info. Is it something that is covered in the courses? Thanks.