Annotations of SGPLOT y1 and y2 axes.

[jibra]

Is there a way to use %sgtext to create new y axis labels in sgplot? I'm trying to do two things:

1. get my y1 axis label to display a phrase in a different color: for example the y1 should say: "Managers and" in blue and "employees" in red.

2. get my y2 axis label to rotate facing downward. Right now both my y lables read upward. I want the y1 label to stay that way, but the y2 label to rotate so that it reads from top to bottom.

I tried a variety of %sgtext using the layoutpercent drawspace but I keep getting errors in the log saying I'm failing to define certain axes. Does anyone know how to do tthis sort of thing?

[ballardw]

It will help to show code for what you have so far, both the annotation and the graphics procedure.

[jibra]

My plot is a typical SGPLOT. My first attempt at anno is to flip the y2 axis label. It didn't work, so I haven even attempted to create another one with split colors:

%SGANNO

data jp_anno3;

%SGTEXT(

LABEL="Employment"

, ANCHOR= "right"

, TEXTCOLOR="green"

, X1SPACE="layoutpercent"

, y2=emp

, y2space="datavalue"

, x1=-11

, LAYER="front"

, textsize=9

, textweight="bold"

, rotate=180

)

run;

/*Chart3*/

ods pdf startpage=never;

ods graphics / reset width=700px height=600px imagename="gridsgplot" imagefmt=gif border=on;

ods escapechar='^';

proc sgplot data=c_jo pad=(bottom=2pct top=2pct) sganno=jp_anno3 noautolegend;

TITLE1 font="helvetica/bold" HEIGHT=1.6 JUSTIFY=LEFT "            Chart 3. First Title";

TITLE2 font="helvetica/bold" HEIGHT=1.3 JUSTIFY=LEFT "                  Subtitle";

/* band can highlight a portion of the graph in this case the most recent recession*/

band y=r1 lower="01DEC07"d upper="01JUN09"d / transparency=.8 fillattrs=(color=gray4C);

series x=sasdate y=hi / lineattrs=(color=blue) name="hi" legendlabel="Employees";

series x=sasdate y=ts / lineattrs=(color=red pattern=shortdash thickness=2) name="ts" legendlabel="Managers";

series x=sasdate y=emp / y2axis lineattrs=(color=green pattern=dash thickness=2) name="emp" legendlabel="Total Staff";

xaxis type=time

            ranges=("01JAN2005"d - "01aug2015"d)

     display=(novalues) label=' ' LABELATTRS=(Size=18)

            offsetmin=0.0 offsetmax=0.0

            ;

yaxis label = 'Managers and Employees’ LABELATTRS=(Color=blue Family=Arial Size=8 Weight=Bold)

                        grid values = (3000 to 6500 by 500) valueattrs=(size=8)

            offsetmin=0.0001 offsetmax=0.001

            ;

y2axis label = 'Total Staff' LABELATTRS=(Color=Green Family=Arial Size=8 Weight=Bold)

                        grid values = (129000 TO 143000 by 2000)valueattrs=(size=8)

            offsetmin=0.0001 offsetmax=0.001

            ;

      keylegend "hi" "ts" "emp" / valueattrs=(size=7 weight=bold) location=outside position=bottom noborder;

run;

[DanH_sas · Accepted solution]

Here is a simple example using a variation of your macro content. The key is choosing the best drawing space for your annotation. Here, the axis label is positioned relative to the wall, so I used WALLPERCENT with x=108% (beyond the right edge of the wall) and y=50% (the middle of the wall). I also set the anchor to be the center of the text box. I also had to set the width to prevent wrapping, and I used -90 degree rotation. Give it a try and see if it is what you want.

Thanks!
Dan

%SGANNO
data jp_anno3;

%SGTEXT(
LABEL="Employment"
, ANCHOR= "center"
, TEXTCOLOR="green"
, width=40
, X1SPACE="wallpercent"
, y1=50
, y1space="wallpercent"
, x1=108
, LAYER="front"
, textsize=9
, textweight="bold"
, rotate=-90
)
run;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class sganno=jp_anno3 pad=(right=30px);
y2axis display=(nolabel);
scatter x=age y=weight;
scatter x=age y=height / y2axis;
run;

[jibra]

Thanks, Dan. This worked perfectly for the rotation. What would your suggestion be to split a yaxis label into two different colors ("Managers and" in blue and "employees" in red. Would it involve two different sgtext steps?

[DanH_sas]

Yes, add this macro after the other %SGTEXT macro in your data step:

%SGTEXTCONT(
LABEL=" Opportunity"
, TEXTCOLOR="red"
, textsize=9
, textweight="bold"
)

[jibra]

Thank you, Dan. Both of these pieces of code work perfectly.