ODS PDF - graph compressed on itself

[aewing]

Hello,

I am trying to create a pdf with 2 elements on each sheet: 1 sgplot and 1 proc print (small table), however as a result I always get the text in the graph (axis labels and title) compressed on itself, which is ugly. 

I tried multiple things (resizing with ods graphic etc.) but really still don't know what I am doing wrong...

Thanks in advance for your help.

ods _all_ close;
ods escapechar = '^';
options orientation=landscape center pageno=1 nodate LEFTMARGIN=0.25in RIGHTMARGIN=0.25in TOPMARGIN=0.25in BOTTOMMARGIN=0.25in papersize=A4;
ods pdf file="whicheverpath/data.pdf" notoc startpage=never dpi=200;

ods pdf startpage=now;

proc odstext;
   title "testtitle";
run;

ods layout start columns=2;
ods region column=1;

proc sgplot data=TABLE ;
  series x=MONTH y=INDIC / lineattrs=(color=blue);
  xaxis type=discrete valueattrs=(size=7pt) grid;
  YAXIS DISPLAY=(NOLABEL) grid;
  title;
run;

ods region column=2;

PROC PRINT DATA=TABLE noobs; run;
ods layout end;

ODS PDF CLOSE;

[RichardDeVen]

Can you add an image showing the compressed (squished or squashed) text ?

For instance, your code, run against SASHELP.AIR, does not exhibit any funky text renderings.

ods _all_ close;
ods escapechar = '^';
options orientation=landscape center pageno=1 nodate LEFTMARGIN=0.25in RIGHTMARGIN=0.25in TOPMARGIN=0.25in BOTTOMMARGIN=0.25in papersize=A4;
ods pdf file="2each.pdf" notoc startpage=never dpi=200;

ods pdf startpage=now;

proc odstext;
   title "testtitle";
run;

ods layout start columns=2;
ods region column=1;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
  series x=date y=air / lineattrs=(color=blue);
  xaxis type=discrete valueattrs=(size=7pt) grid;
  YAXIS DISPLAY=(NOLABEL) grid;
  title;
  where year(date)=1951;
run;

ods region column=2;

PROC PRINT DATA=sashelp.air noobs; 
  where year(date)=1951;
run;
ods layout end;

ODS PDF CLOSE;

[aewing]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

Even if in SAS itself the graph is shown with the right size, it is squished in the final PDF output, as you can see:

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Have you tried explicitly setting the size of the graph/regions you want?
You can specify a width/height on the ODS REGION statement and control it in that manner.

[aewing]

Hi,

your solution worked, however I had to couple it with something else, formatting the pictures into gifs:

ods graphics on / width=17cm height=13cm outputfmt=gif;
...
ods layout start columns=2;
ods region column=1 width=17cm height=13cm;

As a result my PDF is a lot bigger in size (maybe I can try other formats and see how it goes), but at least the proportions are now correct.

Thanks again for your help!

[Reeza]

I usually recommend SVG or PNG as image types for best quality. Not all format types work in all destinations though.