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Annotating an SGPANEL plot; "xspace invalid" error

RyanSimmons — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:39:04 GMT

Hi everyone,

I am trying to add an annotation to an SGPANEL plot. You can see my code as follows:

DATA marg_anno;
 length function widthunit justify anchor $10 label $100;
retain drawspace function width widthunit textstyle justify anchor textsize;
 drawspace="datavalue";
 function="text";
 width=10;
 widthunit="data";
 textstyle="normal";
 justify="left";
 anchor="left";
 textsize=9;
label = "P=&pval_marginal66";
 x1=1;
 y1=40;
 output;
run;
PROC SGPANEL data=marginal66 noautolegend sganno=marg_anno;
 panelby median_dose;
 series y=pred x=visno / group=median_dose;
 scatter y=pred x=visno / errorbarattrs=(color=black) markerattrs=(size=0) yerrorlower=lower yerrorupper=upper;
 colaxis values=(1 to 2 by 1);
 label visno = "Visit" pred="Predicted GMFM-66";
 format visno t.;
run;

The call to SGPANEL gives me the error: "WARNING: XSPACE= is invalid. Draw statement discarded"

I cannot see any reason why this would be the case. And, in fact, it gives me this error message regardless of what value I enter in, and regardless of the drawspace I enter. It tells me that it is invalid in every single case I have tried.

Does anybody have an idea what is going on? I tried searching this error, but have found nothing referencing it in the documentation or forums.

Re: Annotating an SGPANEL plot; "xspace invalid" error

DanH_sas — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:30:08 GMT

The "datavalue" drawspace cannot be used with SGPANEL because there are multiple "datavalue" spaces (i.e. panel cells), and there is currently not a way to address a particular cell. With SGPANEL, you must use percentage or pixel-based units for now.

Re: Annotating an SGPANEL plot; "xspace invalid" error

RyanSimmons — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:13:50 GMT

I guess I should have been more specific in my OP, but when I said, " regardless of the drawspace I enter" that included both percentage and pixel-based units. It still gave me the same error. It doesn't matter which drawspace I use or how I try to define the positioning in SGPANEL, it always says that the XSPACE is invalid.

Re: Annotating an SGPANEL plot; "xspace invalid" error

RyanSimmons — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:25:30 GMT

Well, I found the answer. My fault for not reading the documentation quite carefully enough. A little footnote at the bottom indicates that the only options that work with SGPANEL are GRAPHPERCENT, GRAPHPIXEL, LAYOUTPERCENT, and LAYOUTPIXEL, when I was trying to use WALLPERCENT and WALLPIXEL.