topic Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid? in Graphics Programming

Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

kz_ — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 22:57:58 GMT

I made a series plot by group. In the results window, all of the lines are solid, but in the .png output, two lines are dashed. I can't figure out what part of the code is doing that.

ods listing gpath='&path';
ods graphics on / reset=all noborder imagename="plot" imagefmt=png;
title1 c=gray33 h=14pt "Title";
proc sgplot data=month_total aspect=1;
	series x=month y=total / smoothconnect group=gr name="a"
		markers markerattrs=(symbol=squarefilled size=3pt);
	where date_ < 22554;
	xaxis values=(1 to 12) valuesdisplay=('Jan' 'Feb' 'Mar' 'Apr' 'May' 'Jun' 'Jul' 'Aug' 'Sep' 'Oct' 'Nov' 'Dec' '')
		valueattrs=(color=gray33 size=10pt)
		label="payment month";
	yaxis label="total" valueattrs=(color=gray33 size=10pt);
	keylegend "a" / noborder position=right;
run;

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

WarrenKuhfeld — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:19:05 GMT

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/v_017/statug/statug_odsgraph_sect048.htm

ODS styles control appearances, and default styles differ for html, pdf, rtf, listing, and so on.

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

JeffMeyers — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:41:10 GMT

Different destinations will have different style defaults and will look different. To avoid this you can be more specific in your code. For example, if you want all solid lines in any output add LINEATTRS=(pattern=solid) to your series statement.

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

DanH_sas — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:02:02 GMT

The LISTING style uses ATTRPRIORITY=NONE, which will allow more than one attribute change per group (in this case, color and pattern). The default style for HTML output is HTMLBlue, which is set to ATTRPRIORITY=COLOR. In that case, all of the colors are exhausted before rotating the other attribute. To get the two outputs to look the same, do this:

ods listing style=HTMLBlue;

Hope this helps!

Dan

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

Rick_SAS — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:49:39 GMT

For more on the ATTRPRIORITY= option, see this article by Sanjay Matange or this article by Warren Kuhfeld.

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

kz_ — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:52:48 GMT

If I am using a template (so I already have a style = mystyle statement), is there a way to add this to the template?

Re: Why are two of the in following plot dashed and the other two solid?

DanH_sas — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:56:37 GMT

Yes, you can. You can add ATTRPRIORITY to the BEGINGRAPH statement in your GTL template.