Hello,
I am attempting to edit the placement of data labels in a SERIES graph in PROC TEMPLATE. The default settings get me to 95% of what I need, but when I specify the DATALABELPOSITION option, results are not as I would expect and the plot becomes unusable.
Below is one panel that is problematic using the default settings (note the collision with the line):
Here is the same panel after specifying DATALABELPOSITION=BOTTOMRIGHT, thinking the label would simply move down slightly:
No matter what I try for DATALABELPOSITION, anything other than AUTO scrunches up the graph. Am I missing something that's making it put the label outside the graph/plot region? Pared down code is below.
proc template;
define statgraph NAME;
dynamic VAR;
begingraph / designWidth=2700px designHeight=675px;
layout dataLattice columnVar=COLVAR /
headerLabelDisplay=value
rowAxisOpts=(offsetmin=0 linearopts=(tickvalueformat=percent11.0 viewmin=0) display=(tickvalues ticks label))
columnAxisOpts=(display=(tickvalues ticks label));
layout prototype;
referenceline x=XREF / lineattrs=(pattern=2 thickness=1);
< More seriesplot statements >
seriesplot x=XVAR y=YVAR / yaxis=y lineattrs=(color=&PLOTCOLOR thickness=2);
seriesplot x=XVAR y=YVAR / yaxis=y display=(markers) markerattrs=(color=&PLOTCOLOR symbol=circleFilled)
datalabel=YVAR2 datalabelattrs=(color=&PLOTCOLOR) datalabelposition=bottomright;
endlayout;
endlayout;
endgraph;
end;
run;
Can you include the removed SERIESPLOT statements from your template? Also, what is the format length of your YVAR2 variable?
What do you get if you change the percentage format field width from 11 to 5?
Great, thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate the assistance. That definitely made a difference, but there is still white space for about a third of the plot. Would you have an idea what else I might be missing?
Also, set OFFSETMAX=0 (or 0.05) on your rowAxisOpts.
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