Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Super Bowl LV QB Boxplot Matchup (Brady vs Mahomes)

[tc]

Super Bowl LV QB Boxplot Matchup

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* Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics: Super Bowl LV QB box plot pass yardage matchup (Brady vs. Mahomes)
  Football markers courtesy of Darrin Loeliger thenounproject.com/search/?q=football&i=900778;

proc import file='/folders/myfolders/QB.xlsx' dbms=xlsx out=qb replace;  * Grab 2020 season QB stats (copied-and-pasted from NFL.com); 

%SGANNO;  * Anotate chart with NFL.com potos of Brady, Mahones using SAS-provided macros;         
data qbpics;
%SGIMAGE (image="/folders/myfolders/brady.jpg",drawspace="DATAVALUE",xc1="Tom Brady",y1=5,height=140,heightunit="DATA",anchor="BOTTOM");
%SGIMAGE (image="/folders/myfolders/mahomes.jpg",drawspace="DATAVALUE",xc1="Patrick Mahomes",y1=5,height=140,heightunit="DATA",anchor="BOTTOM");

proc sgplot data=qb noautolegend sganno=qbpics;  * Annotated box + scatter plot of passing yardage in each game of 2020 season; 
inset "SUPER BOWL LV" / textattrs=(size=14pt weight=bold) position=top;
symbolimage name=football image='/folders/myfolders/football.png'; * Use football image for scatterplot markers;
scatter y=YDS x=QB / markerattrs=(symbol=football size=24pt); * Markers with passing yards in each of the 2020 games (pre- and post-season);
vbox YDS / category=QB boxwidth=.25 nofill meanattrs=(color=red symbol=diamondfilled); * Boxplot to show distributions (quartiles + mean);
xaxis grid display=(nolabel) discreteorder=data; 
yaxis display=all label="PASSING YARDS - 2020 SEASON GAMES" min=0 offsetmin=0;
inset "VS" / textattrs=(size=12pt weight=bold) position=bottom;
run;

 QB Game Stats (Source: NFL.com)

[Jay54]

Nice work TC.  One question...why did you not use SymbolImage for the pictures of Brady and Mahomes too?  Was annotation easier?

[tc]

Hey. Sanjay. Funny you should ask - I had the SYMBOLIMAGE statements coded up, but decided to opt for annotation. SYMBOLIMAGE could've done the trick, but thought I might be resizing the graph and specifying the image height in terms of data values (a neat option, btw!) would cause it to self-adjust. Tuns out I never did, but you know how programmers are sometimes loathe to change code that's working!

[tc]

Oops-looks like I responded in the Tags box and it parsed things out! Fixed now!