topic proc gchart block: rotate to view the bars better in SAS Procedures

proc gchart block: rotate to view the bars better

Eva — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:31 GMT

Dear all,

I have a proc gchart with a block statement:

proc gchart data=work.mydata;
block myweek / sumvar = sales group = region discrete;
run;

Now the group variable is great yet I don't see all bars. Some in front are taller than these in the back. Therefore I'd like to rotate the chart to have a look more from above. Does anybody know how to do this?

Best regards
Eva

Re: proc gchart block: rotate to view the bars better

ChrisNZ — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:09:54 GMT

I don't think you can rotate the graph like you can in proc G3D.
You can however define blockmax= to change the vertical scale and make the blocks shorter so they don't hide other blocks.
Maybe another option if you use HTML output is to use the activex device and alter the HTML afterwards:
The activex parameters
g3dTilt="xx" g3dRotate="xx"
after
view2D="false"
are also supported for block outputs. 😄