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Golf
Pyrite | Level 9

Hello,

     I'm using monthly data for 16 years.  When I use the command SGPLOT.  The horizontal axis is very crowded and cannot be read.  Is there any way to make the horizontal axis readable?

ThankYou.

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Ksharp
Super User
proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
series x=date y=air ;
xaxis fitpolicy=thin;
run;

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Ksharp
Super User
proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
series x=date y=air ;
xaxis fitpolicy=thin;
run;
Golf
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you for your help.

Golf
Pyrite | Level 9

Hello,

Can I ask one more question about SGPLOT?    If I'd like to show only January of each year on the X-Axis, how could I do that?

Thank You.

Ksharp
Super User
proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
series x=date y=air ;
xaxis fitpolicy=thin values=('01jan1950'd to '01jan1958'd by year)
valuesformat=date9.;
run;
Golf
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank You.

ballardw
Super User

You might also want to examine what happens if change the FORMAT for your YEAR variable. Such as

proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
series x=date y=air ;
format date year4.;
run;

/* or */

proc sgplot data=sashelp.air ;
series x=date y=air ;
format date yyq6. ;
run;
Golf
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank You.

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