topic Reference line in a Time Series Plot in SAS Visual Analytics

Reference line in a Time Series Plot

Nigel_Pain — Thu, 07 May 2020 15:50:59 GMT

Is it possible to set the value of a reference line in a Time Series Plot to a calculated value, rather than a constant. I want a reference line on the date axis for the date at the time of viewing (eg. the datetime() function) but seem only able to select a date from a Calendar.

SAS9.4M5 and VA 7.4.

Thanks

Re: Reference line in a Time Series Plot

Sam_SAS — Fri, 08 May 2020 14:28:12 GMT

Hello Nigel,

Dynamic reference lines are a frequently-requested feature. I can't promise when it will be added (and I honestly don't know), but it is on our list of features for development.

For some types of visualization, you can work around the issue by using a custom graph to overlay a horizontal line plot with a single value. This only works for horizontal reference lines, though.

Sam

Re: Reference line in a Time Series Plot

Madelyn_SAS — Fri, 08 May 2020 14:33:17 GMT

This is a SASware ballot idea that you can vote on and add any comments.

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SASware-Ballot-Ideas/Support-on-the-Fly-calculation-on-VA-Reference-Line/idi-p/634972

Re: Reference line in a Time Series Plot

Nigel_Pain — Mon, 11 May 2020 08:29:28 GMT

Thanks @Madelyn_SAS (and @Sam_SAS ) for your responses. I'll look forward to this for the future!