topic Re: Limit # of tick makrs using sgplot in Graphics Programming

Limit # of tick makrs using sgplot

yondy — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:43:41 GMT

I'm still new to SAS and am learning. I tried searching the forum, but perhaps was not using the right key terms.

Is there a way to limit the number of ticks for an sgplot function? Right now, I have around 100 plus rows, but since I am using vbar, that is way too many ticks along the x axis. I tried changing the values using the values option, but that only reduced the data shown.

I still want to show all the bars, but not have a tick underneath each of them. Only have a tick for every 10 values.

proc sgplot data=mainlib.data;

vbar day / response=col1 group=type nostatlabel;

run;

Re: Limit # of tick makrs using sgplot

pink_poodle — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:50:22 GMT

I see a variable named day. If x is a time axis, then you can use the INTERVAL= option in the XAXIS statement.

I would use INTERVAL= auto, to let SAS determine the optimal spacing of tick marks. [1, 2]

proc sgplot data=mainlib.data;

    vbar day / response=col1 group=type nostatlabel;

    xaxis interval=auto;

run;

References

[1] PROC SGPLOT: INTERVAL= option of XAXIS statement

[2] SAS Community Post: intervals on x-axis

Re: Limit # of tick makrs using sgplot

DanH_sas — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:51:41 GMT

For a discrete axis (like for VBAR), try using a FITPOLICY on the XAXIS statement:

proc sgplot data=mainlib.data;
    xaxis fitpolicy=thin;
    vbar day / response=col1 group=type nostatlabel;
run;

There are a number of policies from which to choose. See the documentation for further details about each one.

Hope this helps!

Dan

Re: Limit # of tick makrs using sgplot

yondy — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:56:38 GMT

That did the trick! Thank you!