help with proc sgscatter

[L_L]

Dear all,

I'm using this code

PROC SGSCATTER  DATA=input;

MATRIX alpha beta / GROUP=var_group

                    START=TOPLEFT ;

RUN;

I would like to add axis legend: how could I do?

Thanks in advance for any help

Kind regards

[Rick_SAS]

I'm not sure what you mean by an axis legend. Do you mean that you want the variables names (or labels) to be displayed next to the axes?  If so, I don't think you can get that with the MATRIX statement, but you can use the PLOT or COMPARE statements. For example,  the following code arranges two plots in a panel and labels all axes:

PROC SGSCATTER  DATA=sashelp.class;

compare x=(height age) y=weight / GROUP=sex;

RUN;

[DanH_sas]

In SAS 9.2, maintenance 3, we added support for axis legends in the Graph Template Language (GTL); but the SG procedures do not currently support them. Also, be aware that an axis legend can be associated with only one axis; therefore, you would need multiple legends for multiple axes. I'm still not sure about your use case. Is it a scatter plot matrix with long axis values?

[L_L]

Dear Dan

Yes I'll need multiple legends for multiple axes.

Ok now I'm sure that's not possible.

Thank you in advance 

[DanH_sas]

Multple axis legends are supported. I was just making the point that you can only have one axis per legend, as opposed to a DISCRETELEGEND, where you can have multiple plots in the same legend. Do you have 9.2m3?

[L_L]

I'm using SAS ENTRIPRISE GUIDE 4.3  and SAS 9.2