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MichaelAKIng
Calcite | Level 5

I am quite new to Sgplot... and wondering why I get "vertical lines" instead of 8 series lines.

/* Import NYC Taxi and Limosine Trip Data */
PROC IMPORT OUT= SASUSER.NYCTaxis 
     DATAFILE= "C:\Users\Michael King\Desktop\GMU Presentation\Taxi Data from NYC Taxi Commission.xlsx" 
     DBMS=EXCEL REPLACE;
     RANGE="Data1$"; 
     GETNAMES=YES;
     MIXED=NO;
     SCANTEXT=YES;
     USEDATE=YES;
     SCANTIME=YES;
RUN;

/* View the data */
Proc Print Data=SASUser.NYCTaxis;
Run;

/* Display scatter plots */
ODS Graphics / ANTIALIASMAX=60000;
Title 'Plot of  Trips by Car Type';
PROC Sgplot Data=SASUser.Nyctaxis;
  Series x=Date y=Trips / Group = CarType grouplc=CarType name='grouping';
  Xaxis Label = 'Date';
  yaxis label = 'Trips';
Run;
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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

I am afraid I am not downloading xl files.  Post example test data in the form of a datastep, you can follow this post if needed:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-create-a-data-step-version-of-your-dat...

 

As for why you get vertical lines rather than what you were expecting, this is down to your data - which I can't see.  You may need more ticks, or you might need to process the data some more.

Reeza
Super User

Did you check your imported data to verify it was read in correctly and has the correct values?

 


@MichaelAKIng wrote:

I am quite new to Sgplot... and wondering why I get "vertical lines" instead of 8 series lines.

/* Import NYC Taxi and Limosine Trip Data */
PROC IMPORT OUT= SASUSER.NYCTaxis 
     DATAFILE= "C:\Users\Michael King\Desktop\GMU Presentation\Taxi Data from NYC Taxi Commission.xlsx" 
     DBMS=EXCEL REPLACE;
     RANGE="Data1$"; 
     GETNAMES=YES;
     MIXED=NO;
     SCANTEXT=YES;
     USEDATE=YES;
     SCANTIME=YES;
RUN;

/* View the data */
Proc Print Data=SASUser.NYCTaxis;
Run;

/* Display scatter plots */
ODS Graphics / ANTIALIASMAX=60000;
Title 'Plot of  Trips by Car Type';
PROC Sgplot Data=SASUser.Nyctaxis;
  Series x=Date y=Trips / Group = CarType grouplc=CarType name='grouping';
  Xaxis Label = 'Date';
  yaxis label = 'Trips';
Run;



ballardw
Super User

If your Excel data is not in the form one row per record, such as date with with values of counts or similar then you will have a big fail.

 

Note that it is very possible to turn your data set into code so that we can see what your data actually looks like.

 

Instructions here: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/How-to-create-a-data-step-version-of-your-dat... will show how to turn an existing SAS data set into data step code that can be pasted into a forum code box using the {i} icon or attached as text to show exactly what you have and that we can test code against.

 

Many users here don't want to download Excel files because of virus potential, others have such things blocked by security software. Also if you give us Excel we have to create a SAS data set and due to the non-existent constraints on Excel data cells the result we end up with may not have variables of the same type (numeric or character) and even values.

 

ChrisHemedinger
Community Manager

Your Excel data is a Pivot table and contains presummarized data, with multiple records per date.  Each record represents a category, and then a "Total" row is included.  When you try to visualize/analyze the data as-is, you're double counting (at least) many of the values.

 

total.png

 

Try this as a start -- but more work may be needed:

 

ODS Graphics / ANTIALIASMAX=60000;
Title 'Plot of  Trips by Car Type';
PROC Sgplot Data=SASUser.Nyctaxis (where=(geographic="total"));
  Series x=Date y=Trips / Group = CarType grouplc=CarType name='grouping';
  Xaxis Label = 'Date';
  yaxis label = 'Trips';
Run;

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MichaelAKIng
Calcite | Level 5
Perfect... now I see the summarized issue! Thanks!

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