topic Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow in Graphics Programming

SGPANEL plot is too narrow

Quentin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:21:56 GMT

I'm using SGPANEL with ODS PDF with orientation=landscape and trying to make a plot that is 10 inches wide.

When I try below code, SGPANEL leaves a lot of space on the right, almost as if it's leaving room for an extra column. How can I make the SGPANEL plot fill the page?

options orientation=landscape nocenter;
ods graphics/reset=all border=off width=10in;

ods listing close;
ods pdf file="%sysfunc(pathname(work))\Foo.pdf" style=pearl notoc ;    

title1 "Width of sgplot plot is good" ;
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class ;
  scatter x=height y=weight ;
run ;
title1 ;

title1 "Width of sgpanel plot is too narrow" ;
proc sgpanel data=sashelp.class ;
  panelby sex/ layout=rowlattice onepanel ;
  scatter x=height y=weight ;
run ;
title1 ;

ods _all_ close ;
ods listing ;

My pdf looks like:

I tried making the graph narrower (8in or 9in) in case I was hitting the margins, but no luck.

SGPLOT works fine.

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

DanH_sas — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:28:34 GMT

Try specifying both the width and the height on the ODS GRAPHICS statement. By default, the aspect of the graph is maintained when you specify only width or height. Hope this helps!

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

Quentin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:44:15 GMT

Thanks for the thought Dan.

When I try e.g. width=10in height=7in the plot is empty and the log tells me:

Cell height -34 is smaller than the minimum cell height 1. All contents are removed from the layout.
Cell height -34 is smaller than the minimum cell height 1. All contents are removed from the layout.

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

sbxkoenk — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:38:25 GMT

Try using these options on the panelby statement (behind the forward slash):

LAYOUT=panel columns=4 novarname

Koen

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

Quentin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:42:22 GMT

@sbxkoenk wrote:

Try using these options on the panelby statement (behind the forward slash):
LAYOUT=panel columns=4 novarname
Koen

That gives a single row with 4 columns, and uses the whole page correctly:

But I want a single column, with two rows. If I use Layout=panel columns=1, I'm back to having an image half the width of the page:

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

DanH_sas — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:30:48 GMT

I tried your test program using 10in by 7in and it worked as expected for me. Are there any other options active in your session?

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

DanH_sas — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:34:10 GMT

This is what I get with your test program at 10in by 7in:

Re: SGPANEL plot is too narrow

Quentin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:49:10 GMT

Thanks @DanH_sas . I tried again with width=10in height=7in today and it worked. I'm pretty sure I was testing in a fresh session yesterday, so not sure how I managed to muck it up.