keylegend list value down before going across

[Kastchei]

Hey there!

When I have a keylegend on my sgplot with several rows (down = ) and columns (across = ), the legend values get filled across each row first, and then goes down to the next.  E.g.

1  2  3  4

5  6  7

Is there an option to easily make it go down first?  I know I can make an attribute map, but I was hoping there is an easy option to toggle in the keylegend statement.

1  3  5  7

2  4  6

Thanks!

Michael

[ballardw]

You don't show the code. So I can't tell if you are specifying down= , across= or both.

Try using just the Down= option.

[JeffMeyers]

Hello! If I understand correctly you want it the values to fill the columns and then rows. I don't see the option in SGPLOT, but if you convert your code to GTL the option is in the DISCRETELEGEND statement:

ORDER=ROWMAJOR | COLUMNMAJOR
specifies whether legend entries are organized into rows or into columns.

[Kastchei]

Thanks!  I figured it was somewhere.  I think converting to GTL is more work than the data attributes map, but maybe only because I don't know how to do it! 😅

[JeffMeyers]

A quick tip if you ever want to see what your SGPLOT code looks like in GTL is to use the TMPLOUT= option in the PROC SGPLOT statement. It will save a program with your current graph written in GTL.

[DanH_sas · Accepted solution]

In the SG procedures, if you use the DOWN option (without ACROSS), the ORDER is internally set to COLUMNMAJOR. In your case, if you set DOWN=2, you will get the desired result.

Thanks!

Dan

[JeffMeyers]

That's cool to know. Hadn't heard of that yet.

[Kastchei]

Thanks, Dan!