topic Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off in Graphics Programming

Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

DavidPhillips2 — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:39:33 GMT

I have a gchart with slightly long category strings. SAS 9.2 chops my category text off, see picture below (I cut off part of the graph in the print screen): Is there a way to make the text smaller or give more space for the maxis. I looked into ways of resizing the image however resizing the image gives problems:

I either lose my needed subgroup (when using statgraph)

I lose my inner statistic when resizing using: goptions reset=all device=png hsize=6in vsize=6in; (however this method does resize the image)

title1 ls=1.5 "2014 Residency Comparison";

axis1 label=none;

axis2 label=none width=10;

axis3 label=none;

legend1 label =none;

proc gchart data=RES_PCENT;

hbar stud_or_deg_level / discrete type=sum sumvar=category_pct inside=subpct nostats noframe

subgroup=residency_desc

gaxis=axis1 maxis=axis2 raxis=axis3

legend = legend1

html=htmlvar;

run;

Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

DavidPhillips2 — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:56:03 GMT

Width parameter is not needed.

There appears to be a cap for the number of characters displayed. Even if I enlarge the graph (without changing the device) the text is capped at a set number of characters. I am looking into how to change this cap setting.

Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

Sujata — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:13:03 GMT

Hi David, Did you get any solution on above mentioned truncation issue? I am also facing same problem.

Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

GraphGuy — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:41:46 GMT

The bar labels in your screen-capture appear to be "center truncated" (letters from the middle of the string are replaced with '...')? If this is the case, then I suspect you're using device=java or device=activex?

I would recommend using device=png instead (java & activex do not support the full SAS/Graph functionality in many cases).

In SAS 9.2, dev=png gchart was enhanced, and the length limit for bar labels was increased from 32 characters to 256 characters (if I recall correctly).

Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

Sujata — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:58:23 GMT

Thanks Robert .. It works for me but now when I use device =PNG tooltip values for bars are not displaying on mouse over.

Re: Gchart Axis Maxis Cut Off

GraphGuy — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:02:23 GMT

With png, you'll need to use gchart's "html=" option, and prepare a variable in your dataset to contain html tags for what you want in the hover-text (and alternatively href drilldowns). This is a little bit of extra work, but adds a *lot* of flexibility! Here's an example that might get you started:

http://robslink.com/SAS/democd23/bar_info.htm