Exporting and saving SVG file from PROC SGPANEL

[GuyTreepwood]

Hello,

I created a panel plot using PROC SGPANEL and want to insert it as scalable vector graphic into a Microsoft Word file for a research paper. I initially exported and saved it as a svg file using the ODS imagefmt=svg statement. The image was saved as an HTML file, and looked great when I opened and viewed it in a web browser. However, when I tried to insert it into the Word document, I did not see the file in the folder I saved it to when I tried to find it using the Word Insert function. I found that I can also save the image as an EMF file and insert that into Word. If so, I am having trouble exporting and saving the image from PROC SGPANEL using the outputfmt=emf option. I am able to get the code to run without errors, but it is not outputting and saving the image. This is the code I ran:

ods _all_ close;
ods graphics on/reset outputfmt=emf;
ods listing file='sas_directory_path/imagename.emf';
ods graphics / noborder;
title1 height=1.5 justify=center "Title" ;
proc sgpanel data=dataset noautolegend;
	panelby label / layout=rowlattice onepanel noheaderborder sort=data 
                              novarname HEADERBACKCOLOR=white HEADERATTRS=(Size=12 Weight=Bold) proportional;
  highlow x=input low=min high=max/ highcap=none lowcap=none type=bar fillattrs=(color=lightblue )
                     lineattrs=(color=darkgray thickness=1) barwidth=.5;
 rowaxis label="Stats By Model"  grid labelattrs=(size=12 weight=bold) ;
  	scatter x=input y=mean/ markerattrs=(color=darkblue size=4 symbol=diamondfilled); 
	colaxis  display=(nolabel) discreteorder=data;
run;
title1 ;
ods output 'sas_directory_path/imagename.emf';
ods listing close;

To insert the SAS generated image into Word, I can only save the image as an EMF file, correct? If not, what is the best way to save an svg image that can be inserted into Microsoft Word?

[DanH_sas · Accepted solution]

If you have SAS version 9.4m7 or greater, the ODS WORD destination supports embedded SVG output. If you have that version available, I would generate the output using ODS WORD with OUTPUTFMT=SVG, then see if you can copy it from that document to your research paper. Let me know if that works for you.

[GuyTreepwood]

After changing the suffix to .docx in the file= statement, it worked! I was able to successfully paste a svg image to a Word document.  

[thiennguyen]

I cannot do that, bro. Please help me in inbox please