template for 3 by 2 graphs

[Hanyu]

I want to construct a template for 3 by 2 graphs using proc greplay. I don't quite understand the syntax of PROC GREPLAY and TDEF statement. I have found a template of 2 by 3 here http://support.sas.com/kb/44/973.html. Could anyone help me with the template language?

[MikeZdeb]

Here's the example you cited with some added comments; ...

data widgets;
input region :$10. Type :$7. Sales @@;
datalines;
East Gadgets  5250 East  Gizmos   4200   East   Widgets  4930 NorthEast  Gadgets  7250
NorthEast Gizmos  3200 NorthEast  Widgets  5930   North Gadgets  2700 North      Gizmos   4100
North  Widgets  3800 Northwest  Gadgets  3700    Northwest  Gizmos   5100 Northwest  Widgets  6800
South  Gadgets  6300 South    Gizmos   5900  South      Widgets  5200 West       Gadgets  4600
West  Gizmos   2700 West  Widgets  5500  

;

* BY-GROUP processing is used in PROC GCHART so the data are sorted by region;

proc sort data=widgets;
by region;
run;

goptions reset=all;

axis1 value=(angle=0 rotate=0);
axis2 minor=none label=(angle=90 'Total Sales');

* GCHART produces 6 charts, 1 for each BY-GROUP;

* in addition to the regular output, entries are made in the catalog WORK.GSEG;

* they can be used later to replay the chart;

* since the NAME option is not used to name the catalog entries;

* GCHART provides names ... see below;

proc gchart data=widgets;
vbar type / sumvar=sales subgroup=type maxis=axis1 raxis=axis2 nolegend; 
by region;
run;
quit;

* what are the names of the charts in the catalog;

proc catalog cat=work.gseg;

contents;

run;

CONTENTS ...

                              Contents of Catalog WORK.GSEG

#    Name       Type             Create Date          Modified Date    Description

1    GCHART     GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type
2    GCHART1    GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type
3    GCHART2    GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type
4    GCHART3    GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type
5    GCHART4    GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type
6    GCHART5    GRSEG    10/12/2015 11:30:03    10/12/2015 11:30:03    Bar chart of Type

* run GREPLAY ... ;

* IGOUT is the catalog that contains the info to reproduce the charts;

* the TDEF statement allows you to create your own template;

* by defining windows using the lower left x (LLX), lower felt y (LLY), etc. ;

* in which specific charts in the catalog are displayed;

* (the numbers are PERCENTAGES of the entire replay window);

* 6 smaller windows are defined witjhin the entire replay window;

* the TEMPLATE statement says to use a specific template ... the one just defined;

* the TREPLAY statement says to display a specific chart in a specific window;

* for example ... 1:1 means IN WINDOW #1 : DISPLAY ENTRY #1 IN THE WORK.GSEG CATALOG;

proc greplay nofs tc=work.templt igout=work.gseg;
tdef graf2by3 des='Six graphs: two down, three across'
          1 / llx = 0    lly = 51    ulx = 0    uly = 100
              urx = 33   ury = 100   lrx = 33   lry = 51
          2 / llx = 34   lly = 51    ulx = 34   uly = 100
              urx = 66   ury = 100   lrx = 66   lry = 51
          3 / llx = 67   lly = 51    ulx = 67   uly = 100
              urx = 100  ury = 100   lrx = 100  lry = 51
          4 / llx = 0    lly = 0     ulx = 0    uly = 50
              urx = 33   ury = 50    lrx = 33   lry = 0
          5 / llx = 34   lly = 0     ulx = 34   uly = 50
              urx = 66   ury = 50    lrx = 66   lry = 0
          6 / llx = 67   lly = 0     ulx = 67   uly = 50
              urx = 100  ury = 50    lrx = 100  lry = 0
;
template graf2by3;

treplay 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6;
run;
quit;

NOTE:  you could also use the chart NAMES (not their entry numbers) in the TREPLAY statement ...

treplay 1:gchart 2:gchart1 3:gchart2 4:gchart3 5:gchart4 6:gchart5;

Hopefully the comments help you a bit.

[PGStats]

A simpler alternative is provided by SGPANEL. To build on @MikeZdeb example above,

proc sgpanel data=widgets noautolegend;
panelby region / columns=3 spacing=10 novarname;
vbarparm category=type response=sales / group=type;
run; 

[ballardw]

To add to https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/462 , using GREPLAY will affect the sixe of items displayed in the original chart procedure, often making any text such as axis or value labels too small to read as well as often changing aspect ratios and rendeing some line size/colors difficult to read. Which often leads to a cycle of adjust settings using AXIS, SYMBOL and PATTERN statements, recreating the graphs and replaying until you get something useable. SGPANEL will adjust most of these to fit within the current ods graph size restrictions and remain readable.