Is the Plotit macro still available in University Edition? This is the error messages I get, but yet I can do statistical procedures and run graphics.
The plotit macro has NOTHING to do with GPLOT. I wrote it decades ago to circumvent major deficiencies in GPLOT.
That said, I totally agree that SGPLOT is a far better alternative for making scatter plots.
@WarrenKuhfeld wrote:
The plotit macro has NOTHING to do with GPLOT. I wrote it decades ago to circumvent major deficiencies in GPLOT.
That said, I totally agree that SGPLOT is a far better alternative for making scatter plots.
Both the error message in the original post and header of the file that has the PLOTIT macro seem to claim that SAS/GRAPH (of which GPLOT is one of the procedures) is required.
/* MISC: The following SAS products are required to run */
/* this macro: BASE, STAT, GRAPH. */
The message is accurate. SAS/GRAPH is required. There are all kinds of procs in SAS/GRAPH, including GPLOT, that have nothing to do with the macro. None of that changes the fact that SAS/GRAPH is required. No one cares about the details of plotit any more. I don't remember the details myself, and I wrote it. However, I am certain that it did not use GPLOT and that the frustration of GPLOT not providing a way to label points led me to write it.
Use SGPLOT! It is the modern way-cool way to do things in SAS. Don't worry about a macro that I wrote decades ago that has been eclipsed by newer and better technology.
BTW, the fact that the macro printed a message proves that it is available in University Edition, even if it does not actually work in University Edition (because SAS/GRAPH is not available in University Edition). It could not print a message if it were not there.
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