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lucydog
Fluorite | Level 6

How can I find out what attributes (thickness/color/pattern) are used for default axis gridlines in proc sgplot?

 

Using "prog sgplot", I specify grid option for yaxis as follows:
proc sgplot data=xxx;
....
yaxis label="Percent" values=(0 to 0.2 by 0.05) grid;

 

Now, I am creating a graph template and want to have the same gridlines that sgplot uses by default. But I need to specify the attributes (thickness/color/pattern) and I don't know what they are or how to find them.

 

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ghosh
Barite | Level 11
proc template;
 list styles; /*  list  available styles;*/
 source styles.htmlblue; /* contents of htmlblue style*/
 source styles.statistical; /* contents of statistical style 
  where you will find reference to styles for grid lines and background */
 run;

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DanH_sas
SAS Super FREQ

The default gridline attributes come from the GraphGridLines style element in the active ODS style.

ghosh
Barite | Level 11
proc template;
 list styles; /*  list  available styles;*/
 source styles.htmlblue; /* contents of htmlblue style*/
 source styles.statistical; /* contents of statistical style 
  where you will find reference to styles for grid lines and background */
 run;
lucydog
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you ghosh for this super helpful reply.

 

For anyone with a similar issue this is a great tip sheet also

https://support.sas.com/rnd/app/ODSGraphics/TipSheet_GraphStyle.pdf

 

It addressed 2 related issues I was having, 1) I didn't know what style sheet I was using with sgplot; and 2) the info I needed was in the "parent" style not the style I was using

 

proc template;
source styles.pearl / expand;*style & parents;
run;

 

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