topic Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data in Graphics Programming

PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

Altal — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:05:04 GMT

Hello All,

How can symbols of "grouped" data be changed in SCATTER statement in PROC SGPLOT?

SCATTER X=VISN Y=VAR_MEAN /

GROUP=TRTGR

GROUPDISPLAY=CLUSTER

CLUSTERWIDTH=0.2

ERRORBARATTRS=( THICKNESS = 2)

MARKERATTRS=(SYMBOL= XXXXX);

the symbol=xxxx can be changed the same for all data. but what I'm asking is to have a different symbol for each of the TRTGR group..

Thanks for help!

Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

snoopy369 — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:24:08 GMT

MARKERCHAR might be what you're looking for. For example:

data sale;
set sashelp.prdsale;
marker_var = substr(vvalue(month),1,1);
run;


proc sgplot data=sale;
scatter x=actual y=predict/
     group=month groupdisplay=cluster clusterwidth=0.2
     MARKERCHAR=marker_var;
run;

Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

ballardw — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:28:54 GMT

There may be options in latter versions but I have SAS 9.2. One way is to make a custom style and set the MarkerSymbol attribute in the GraphData1 through GraphDatan sections. If you need more more markers than the dozen or so GraphData sections, I'm clueless.

Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

sunilpusarla — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:52:15 GMT

You need to use attrmap to get different symbols/colors.

data attrmap;

input id $

value $ 5-10

@12 fillcolor $8.1

@21 markercolor $8.

@30 markersymbol $6.;

datalines;

trt trtgr1 CXDE6D00 CXDE6D00 circle

trt trtgr2 CX00537F CX00537F square

;

run;

proc sgplot data = xxx dattrmap = attrmap;

...

Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

Altal — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:13:31 GMT

Thank you guys!

Re: PROC SGPLOT: Change Symbol for Grouped Data

Rick_SAS — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:31:00 GMT

For details and an example of using data attributes, see Specify the colors of groups in SAS statistical graphics - The DO Loop

The example uses colors, but symbols are handled the same way.