topic Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram in Graphics Programming

Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:36:44 GMT

Hi All,

I am rather new to SAS but I have been reading here for a while. At the moment I am facing a problem: I want to create a line diagramm with multiple lines in SAS.

My SAS dataset looks like this:

City	Time Intervall	Degree of fulfilment	Score
A	Jan. 16	20.01%	10
A	Feb 16	24.00%	10
A	Mrz 16	28.00%	10
A	Apr 16	26.10%	10
A	Mai 16	25.20%	10
A	Jun 16	28.50%	10
B	Jan. 16	25.00%	8
B	Feb 16	25.00%	8
B	Mrz 16	25.53%	8
B	Apr 16	27.00%	8
B	Mai 16	30.43%	8
B	Jun 16	31.32%	8
C	Jan. 16	18.40%	9
C	Feb 16	19.00%	9
C	Mrz 16	20.56%	9
C	Apr 16	20.10%	9
C	Mai 16	22.00%	9
C	Jun 16	25.78%	9
D	Jan. 16	26.35%	12
D	Feb 16	25.00%	12
D	Mrz 16	27.40%	12
D	Apr 16	28.50%	12
D	Mai 16	28.90%	12
D	Jun 16	31.31%	12

On the x axis there shouid be the time intervall and on the y axis the degreee of fulfilment (0 - 100%). I dont need the variable score. I want to have the different cities as lines in my diagram but this seems to be rather complicated in SAS. Does anyone have an idea how to do this?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

RW9 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:42:34 GMT

Should be very simple, shell code:

proc sgplot data=have;
  xaxis...;
  yaxis...;
  series x=time_interval y=fullfilment / group=city;
run;

However I can't provide anything further than that - firstly you have not provided your test data as a datastep so I cannot tell if those are numeric values, dates etc. To get things in order on the axis you may need to apply a format to them and convert to number.

If you need any help on graphs I can recommend this site which has code examples of most graphs:

http://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

PeterClemmensen — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:37:01 GMT

I've taken the liberty of rewriting a few of your Time Interval values.

Something Like this?

data have;
   informat Time_Interval MONYY5.;
   input City $ Time_Interval Degree_of_fulfilment Score;
   format Time_Interval MONYY5.;
   datalines;
A	Jan16	20.01	10
A	Feb16	24.00	10
A	Mar16	28.00	10
A	Apr16	26.10	10
A	May16	25.20	10
A	Jun16	28.50	10
B	Jan16	25.00	8
B	Feb16	25.00	8
B	Mar16	25.53	8
B	Apr16	27.00	8
B	May16	30.43	8
B	Jun16	31.32	8
C	Jan16	18.40	9
C	Feb16	19.00	9
C	Mar16	20.56	9
C	Apr16	20.10	9
C	May16	22.00	9
C	Jun16	25.78	9
D	Jan16	26.35	12
D	Feb16	25.00	12
D	Mar16	27.40	12
D	Apr16	28.50	12
D	May16	28.90	12
D	Jun16	31.31	12
;

proc sgplot data=have;
  series x=time_interval y=Degree_of_fulfilment / group=city;
run;

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

PeterClemmensen — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:38:30 GMT

You can of course do a lot of stuff to make the graph more presentable, but does this solve your problem?

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:47:59 GMT

Thanks a lot to everybody.

@PeterClemmensen

This comes close to what I want to have but my real dataset is a lot bigger, so I need to have a datastep without the writing the datalines. On the y axis I need a range from 0 to 100%. I hope you understand what I mean.

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Reeza — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:07:40 GMT

@PeterClemmensen Was using sample data. In your code, replace the DATA = HAVE statement with your own dataset name instead of HAVE.

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

PeterClemmensen — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:37:44 GMT

What @Reeza said. And since your Degree_of_fulfilment is already represented in percentage terms, simply do this

yaxis min=0 max=100 label = 'Degree Of Fulfilment (Percent)';

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:49:45 GMT

Ok, thx a lot. I will try this.

I get a JPG-Output. Can I have the diagram in SAS too, so that I can export it to Excel?

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:51:34 GMT

No, this doesnt seem to be possible. Maybe there is a way to have the graph in SAS instead of JPG-file.

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Jay54 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:56:51 GMT

With SGPLOT, you can create industry standard output formats, such as PNG, PDF, etc. You can get a PNG output and include that in Excel workbook by using the ODS EXCEL destination. It is not clear what you mean by "graph in SAS file".

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:09:43 GMT

Sorry, I was talking ot the SAS Output.

Re: Multiple lines in a line diagram

Derik007 — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:07:10 GMT

I am having a diagram now but I would like to modify the line styles and the axis.

My code is:

title1 'Degree of fulfilment (in %)';
footnote1 height=2 angle=90 ' ';

proc sgplot data=have;
format time_interval ddmmyy10.;
series x=time_interval y=degree_of_fulfilment / group=city;
yaxis values=(0 to 100 by 10) valueshint display=(nolabel);
xaxis values=(20258 to 20748 by 14) valueshint display=(nolabel);
run;

However SAS doesnt adapt the axis although it should (SAS 9.2). I have been searching on the internet but it somehow doesnt work and I dont know why.

Is there also a way to choose the colors and forms of the lines in the diagram without writing a new code?

In SAS 9.4 there is the order keylegend but in SAS 9.2 it doesnt seems to be possible to change the location of the legend..