topic help with proc sgscatter in Graphics Programming

help with proc sgscatter

L_L — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:34:18 GMT

Dear all,

I'm using this code

PROC SGSCATTER DATA=input;

MATRIX alpha beta / GROUP=var_group

START=TOPLEFT ;

RUN;

I would like to add axis legend: how could I do?

Thanks in advance for any help

Kind regards

help with proc sgscatter

Rick_SAS — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:11:06 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by an axis legend. Do you mean that you want the variables names (or labels) to be displayed next to the axes? If so, I don't think you can get that with the MATRIX statement, but you can use the PLOT or COMPARE statements. For example, the following code arranges two plots in a panel and labels all axes:

PROC SGSCATTER DATA=sashelp.class;

compare x=(height age) y=weight / GROUP=sex;

RUN;

help with proc sgscatter

DanH_sas — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:37:40 GMT

In SAS 9.2, maintenance 3, we added support for axis legends in the Graph Template Language (GTL); but the SG procedures do not currently support them. Also, be aware that an axis legend can be associated with only one axis; therefore, you would need multiple legends for multiple axes. I'm still not sure about your use case. Is it a scatter plot matrix with long axis values?

help with proc sgscatter

L_L — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:23:56 GMT

Dear Dan

Yes I'll need multiple legends for multiple axes.

Ok now I'm sure that's not possible.

Thank you in advance

help with proc sgscatter

DanH_sas — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:42:23 GMT

Multple axis legends are supported. I was just making the point that you can only have one axis per legend, as opposed to a DISCRETELEGEND, where you can have multiple plots in the same legend. Do you have 9.2m3?

help with proc sgscatter

L_L — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:44:56 GMT

I'm using SAS ENTRIPRISE GUIDE 4.3 and SAS 9.2