Warning for BARCHARTPARM sgplot procedure

[sas1018]

Hi

I am getting below warning for sgplot procedure.

WARNING: The data for a BARCHARTPARM statement are not appropriate. The BARCHARTPARM statement expects summarized data. The bar chart might not be drawn correctly.

What will be the reason for this type of warnings? My code looks something like below:

  proc sgplot data=name;

    hbarparm category=var1 response=var2 / group=var3 outline fill barwidth=.7 dataskin=none

             clusterwudth=0.1;

 run;

TIA

[Reeza]

How is your data structured? Do you have repeats for VAR1 for example?

EDIT: the warning indicates an issue with your data not with your code.

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@sas1018 wrote:

Hi

I am getting below warning for sgplot procedure.

WARNING: The data for a BARCHARTPARM statement are not appropriate. The BARCHARTPARM statement expects summarized data. The bar chart might not be drawn correctly.

What will be the reason for this type of warnings? My code looks something like below:

  proc sgplot data=name;

    hbarparm category=var1 response=var2 / group=var3 outline fill barwidth=.7 dataskin=none

             clusterwudth=0.1;

 run;

TIA

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[sas1018]

Thanks for the reply Reeza. Yes, var1 has repeats.

[Reeza]

If you need the data summarized then you need to use a different statement then. Can you provide more details about your data and your desired graph?

This is a great set of examples here to help get you started otherwise:
https://robslink.com/SAS/ods2/aaaindex.htm

[ballardw]

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@sas1018 wrote:

Hi

I am getting below warning for sgplot procedure.

WARNING: The data for a BARCHARTPARM statement are not appropriate. The BARCHARTPARM statement expects summarized data. The bar chart might not be drawn correctly.

What will be the reason for this type of warnings? My code looks something like below:

  proc sgplot data=name;

    hbarparm category=var1 response=var2 / group=var3 outline fill barwidth=.7 dataskin=none

             clusterwudth=0.1;

 run;

TIA

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The hbarparm and vbarparm, related to the Graphics template language Barchartparm (same error message for all of these plots) means that you can only have one combination of the category and group variable with a single value as the response. Two small examples you can run. Note that the second generates the warning you mention because the x=1 and y=2 has two values.

data example;
   input x y z;
datalines;
1 1 23
1 2 33
1 3 18
;

proc sgplot data=example;
   hbarparm category=x response=z/ group=y;
run;

data example2;
   input x y z;
datalines;
1 1 23
1 2 33
1 2 16
1 3 18
;
proc sgplot data=example2;
   hbarparm category=x response=z/ group=y;
run;

If your data looks like the Example2 above then you use an HBAR plot, the Response variable is then an option after the /. By default the Hbar or Vbar would Sum the response variable values, you could request other statistics.

[sas1018]

Thanks for the reply Ballardw. My data looks something like example2(also have repeats of x). I tried to use the Response variable after the /, it is giving me an error like ‘expecting a RESPONSE’.

[Reeza]

I think you're trying to build one of these:

These kind of plots?

https://www.pharmasug.org/proceedings/2014/DG/PharmaSUG-2014-DG07.pdf


https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2014/06/22/swimmer-plot/

[ballardw]

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@sas1018 wrote:
Thanks for the reply Ballardw. My data looks something like example2(also have repeats of x). I tried to use the Response variable after the /, it is giving me an error like ‘expecting a RESPONSE’.

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