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AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

     Hi.

Did any one of you encounter a situation where SAS renders a graph showing "unknown" instead of the true values?

Please see attached.

And the code that creates:

ods graphics / reset width=5in imagename="Cancer" imagefmt=png
antialias=on;

   title "Prevalence of Something Bad";

   proc sgplot data=my_data;

series x=year y=something_bad_avg / markers;
yaxis values=(0 to .5 by .1);
xaxis values=(2000 to 2011 by 1);

   run;

Any idea what would cause this?

Thanks.

Actually, to be more concise, is not the plot procedure that causes the problem...but the proc means output lists "unknown" as possible values....

See another attachment.


freqCANCER.PNG
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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Try adding option NOINHERIT to your OUTPUT statement in proc means.

PG

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PGStats
Opal | Level 21

What is the format attached to variable something_bad_freq  in my_data?

PG

PG
AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi.

So, in the first step there is a proc means on the data, by year, that will list the average of a variable for each year.

That said average is then plotted.

So, the format is a number.

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

Try adding option NOINHERIT to your OUTPUT statement in proc means.

PG
AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

I shall try, and let you know.

Thank you!

AncaTilea
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you, Pierre.

It worked great. It was the format....

Thanks!

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