topic Re: radar using GTL or proc sgplot ? in Graphics Programming

radar using GTL or proc sgplot ?

xxformat_com — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:09:22 GMT

Hi,

Can radars be created with proc sgplot or GTL using SAS 9.4 or do we have to use the old procedure proc gradar?

Re: radar using GTL or proc sgplot ?

quickbluefish — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:46:29 GMT

There's not a RADAR statement available in SGPLOT. You could technically build one from primitive parts -- here just showing circles and polygons, but you could enhance by adding labeled points (using the SCATTER statement) and vertical / horizontal lines using, e.g., the VECTOR statement.

data shapes;
* cirles ;
x=20;
y=20;
do i=1 to 5;
	size=i*15;
	output;
end;
* polygons ;
call missing(of x, y, size);
id=1; color=1;
px=20; py=20; output;
px=-10; py=40; output;
px=20; py=30; output;
px=50; py=70; output;
px=30; py=-20; output;
px=20; py=20; output;

id=2; color=2;
px=20; py=20; output;
px=-50; py=10; output;
px=-10; py=20; output;
px=40; py=30; output;
px=70; py=-50; output;
px=20; py=20; output;
run;

proc sgplot data=shapes noautolegend;
bubble x=x y=y size=size / absscale nofill;
polygon x=px y=py id=id / 
	colorresponse=color colormodel=(blue red) 
	outline fill transparency=0.4;
run;

However, whether the amount of effort it will take to get something better than you could with GRADAR (if that still exists) is worth it is up to you.

Re: radar using GTL or proc sgplot ?

Ksharp — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:19:55 GMT

https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2013/11/27/is-there-a-car-on-your-radar/

Re: radar using GTL or proc sgplot ?

quickbluefish — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 02:30:15 GMT

Somehow I've never seen the ASPECT option in SGPLOT / SGPANEL - that is really good to know.

Re: radar using GTL or proc sgplot ?

sbxkoenk — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:05:15 GMT

Hello ,

This is about radar charts in Visual Analytics !

Google search
+"radar chart" +"custom graph" site:blogs.sas.com
brings you to :

See also --> Visual Analytics Custom Graph Examples
https://github.com/sassoftware/va-custom-graphs
(I believe there's a radar chart object ... you can download the *.JSON file and import in your environment to make it available to you and your peers)

For more information on custom graph objects / graph templates / custom graph builder, you can do this Google search:

+"graph builder" +"custom graph" site:communities.sas.com

Ciao, Koen