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FattahMArif
Calcite | Level 5

Sorry if this is the wrong location. It's confusing to figure out which one is the correct forum, but I want to rename the y-axis of the plot that is produced by

 

 

proc plot;

	plot energy_weekday * temp = 'W'
		energy_weekend * temp = 'S'
		/overlay;

 

 

to "energy" (right now, the plot shows "energy_weekday" as the y-axis).

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Put a label statement into the code

proc plot;
    plot energy_weekday * temp = 'W' energy_weekend * temp = 'S'/overlay;
    label energy_weekday='Energy';
run;
--
Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Put a label statement into the code

proc plot;
    plot energy_weekday * temp = 'W' energy_weekend * temp = 'S'/overlay;
    label energy_weekday='Energy';
run;
--
Paige Miller
FattahMArif
Calcite | Level 5
Thanks, it worked! It looks a bit awkward, so idk if there's a way to format it better, but it at least got the job done
ballardw
Super User

Haven't used Proc PLOT in over 30 years.

Is there a reason you don't want a nicer looking plot or is this intended for line-printer output?

FattahMArif
Calcite | Level 5

This is what my team has been doing since before I joined. What do you recommend instead?

ballardw
Super User

With any version of SAS since 9.1 I would be using Proc SGPLOT or SGPANEL for plots.

 

You should have the SASHELP.Class data set available to test the following code which produces two similar plots:

proc plot data=sashelp.class;
  plot weight*height
     /vpos=25
  ;
run;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
  scatter x=height y=weight/markerattrs=(color=blue) transparency=.5;
run;

I used the transparency setting to make the colors in the SGPLOT output a bit transparent so when multiple values overlay that is shown by a more intense color fill instead of the letter B in the Plot result.

 

Sgplot adds multiple types of graphs, quite a bit more appearance options and will create pretty nice appearing output when sent to document formats like PDF and RTF.

 

FattahMArif
Calcite | Level 5

Sorry for the late reply, but I appreciate the info. Is it something that is covered in the courses? Thanks.

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