topic Re: customizing x-axis label in Graphics Programming

customizing x-axis label

katslau — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:52:55 GMT

I have X variables with very long names. How can I customize the labels so that the text can wrap instead of long slanted words? I only have 5 types of variables for X and then frequency for Y, something like below. I'm using PROC TEMPLATE + PROC SGRENDER to make the barchart because I have a large amount of data and it's much easier to get a total for each X variable than creating the frequency of each observation.

Re: customizing x-axis label

ballardw — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 01:04:25 GMT

X variables with "long names"? Limit on a variable name is 32 characters so that can not be the issue.

If you are showing the Value of the variables then you can create custom format to show less text. Then in the SGrender apply the format to the variable. If you are showing the Label associated with the variable the assign a different label in the Sgrender call.

Don't really see anything that really needs GTL though, looks like a basic Vbar chart with a data label. If you have 4 variables holding the response to a single question then you may have a poor data structure.

Re: customizing x-axis label

GraphGuy — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:39:00 GMT

Can you provide some example data, and the code you're currently using?

Re: customizing x-axis label

DanH_sas — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:01:51 GMT

First of all, this example should be simple to do with Proc SGplot. The code would look something like the following:

Proc SGplot data=symptom_data;
axis fitpolicy=split;
vbar symptoms / datalabel;
run;

In GTL, the option you want for your axis values is TICKVALUEFITPOLICY=SPLIT.

Hope this helps!

Dan

Re: customizing x-axis label

katslau — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:11:44 GMT

I got it figured out now, thanks.