SAS Maps Creation

[monali]

I am trying to create a colored map of counties using proc gmap. However, I am not able to get the colors using the following code (all counties are pale green). Please advise.  

proc format;
value pop2016f
3972 - 50083 = '3972 - 50083'
50084 - 85881 = '50,083 - 85,881'
85882 - 234011 = '85,882 - 234,011'
234012 - 2606852 = '234,012 - 2,606,852'
;
run;

goptions cback=white border htitle=12pt htext=8pt;

pattern1 value=msolid color=vpag; /* abbreviation for very pale green */
pattern2 value=msolid color=vpab; /* abbreviation for very pale blue */
pattern3 value=msolid color=pink;
pattern4 value=msolid color=yellow;

proc gmap data=data_for_map map=MD all;
id county;
choro pop2016 / discrete anno=anno levels=4 coutline=black ;
format pop2016 pop2016f.;
run;
quit;

[ballardw]

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@monali wrote:

I am trying to create a colored map of counties using proc gmap. However, I am not able to get the colors using the following code (all counties are pale green). Please advise.  

proc format;
value pop2016f
3972 - 50083 = '3972 - 50083'
50084 - 85881 = '50,083 - 85,881'
85882 - 234011 = '85,882 - 234,011'
234012 - 2606852 = '234,012 - 2,606,852'
;
run;

goptions cback=white border htitle=12pt htext=8pt;

pattern1 value=msolid color=vpag; /* abbreviation for very pale green */
pattern2 value=msolid color=vpab; /* abbreviation for very pale blue */
pattern3 value=msolid color=pink;
pattern4 value=msolid color=yellow;

proc gmap data=data_for_map map=MD all;
id county;
choro pop2016 / discrete anno=anno levels=4 coutline=black ;
format pop2016 pop2016f.;
run;
quit;

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If all of your colors are pale green then I would double check the range of values of your pop2016 variable in the data_for_map data set as the first step.

Are there any notes in the log?

[monali · Accepted solution]

Thanks. It works by adding "missing" option The formats seem to be working. I will double-check if the chart numbers are correct. 

I got the following warning with the previous code: 

WARNING: Some observations were discarded when charting Total_Population_N (from Census. Only first matching observation was used. Use STATISTIC= option for summary statistics.