topic Re: What attributes are used for gridlines in sgplot? in Graphics Programming

What attributes are used for gridlines in sgplot?

lucydog — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:36:53 GMT

How can I find out what attributes (thickness/color/pattern) are used for default axis gridlines in proc sgplot?

Using "prog sgplot", I specify grid option for yaxis as follows:
proc sgplot data=xxx;
....
yaxis label="Percent" values=(0 to 0.2 by 0.05) grid;

Now, I am creating a graph template and want to have the same gridlines that sgplot uses by default. But I need to specify the attributes (thickness/color/pattern) and I don't know what they are or how to find them.

Re: What attributes are used for gridlines in sgplot?

DanH_sas — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:07:45 GMT

The default gridline attributes come from the GraphGridLines style element in the active ODS style.

Re: What attributes are used for gridlines in sgplot?

ghosh — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:18:30 GMT

proc template;
 list styles; /*  list  available styles;*/
 source styles.htmlblue; /* contents of htmlblue style*/
 source styles.statistical; /* contents of statistical style 
  where you will find reference to styles for grid lines and background */
 run;

Re: What attributes are used for gridlines in sgplot?

lucydog — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:00:53 GMT

Thank you ghosh for this super helpful reply.

For anyone with a similar issue this is a great tip sheet also

https://support.sas.com/rnd/app/ODSGraphics/TipSheet_GraphStyle.pdf

It addressed 2 related issues I was having, 1) I didn't know what style sheet I was using with sgplot; and 2) the info I needed was in the "parent" style not the style I was using

proc template;
source styles.pearl / expand;*style & parents;
run;