topic PROC SGPLOT variable reordering in Graphics Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152644#M5697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P>When I am plotting a graph using SGPLOT, SAS reorders my observations when plotting the bars for each month using a VBAR statement.&nbsp; I was curious to see if there is a way to keep the original order of the observations. </P><P>The table looks as follows...</P><P>Month&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Count</P><P>January&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100,000</P><P>February&nbsp; 200,000</P><P>March&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300,000</P><P>....</P><P></P><P>When graphed, the month names get all mixed up and out of order.&nbsp; Please let me know if you have any solutions!</P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:39:29 GMT RobertHuey 2014-09-19T20:39:29Z PROC SGPLOT variable reordering https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152644#M5697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P>When I am plotting a graph using SGPLOT, SAS reorders my observations when plotting the bars for each month using a VBAR statement.&nbsp; I was curious to see if there is a way to keep the original order of the observations. </P><P>The table looks as follows...</P><P>Month&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Count</P><P>January&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100,000</P><P>February&nbsp; 200,000</P><P>March&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300,000</P><P>....</P><P></P><P>When graphed, the month names get all mixed up and out of order.&nbsp; Please let me know if you have any solutions!</P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:39:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152644#M5697 RobertHuey 2014-09-19T20:39:29Z Re: PROC SGPLOT variable reordering https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152645#M5698 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>On the XAXIS statement, set DISCRETEORDER=DATA, and you should get what you expect.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:51:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152645#M5698 DanH_sas 2014-09-19T20:51:34Z Re: PROC SGPLOT variable reordering https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152646#M5699 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's perfect.&nbsp; Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:05:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/PROC-SGPLOT-variable-reordering/m-p/152646#M5699 RobertHuey 2014-09-22T12:05:22Z