Using the excellent instructions recommended in Proc GMap County and State Boundaries" responses, I created a map with heavy state boundaries and lighter county boundaries.   Then, I used the instructions found in this document https://www.lexjansen.com/nesug/nesug03/bt/bt005.pdf to create a colored chrono map with select counties in various colors.     However, the results are a mish mash of dark and lighter lines. The appropriate counties are correctly colored.   proc gmap map=AdaMap data=AdaMap anno=State_outline; id state county; choro segment / levels=1 nolegend coutline=grayaa;    *Light grey county lines; run;   * Create st/co fips var in Map dataset and data dataset for matching; data AdaData; set AdaData; FIPS=cats(W_StFIPS,"_",W_CoFIPS); put FIPS=; run;   data AdaMap; set adamap; FIPS=cats(State,"_",County); put FIPS=; run; /* Preparing for the chrono map */ proc format; value Workers_fmt 0-25 = '1 to 25' 26-50 = '26 to 50' 51-100 = '51 to 100' 101-200 = '100 to 200' 201-500 = '201 to 500' 501-1000 = '501-1,000' 1000-500000 = 'Over 1,000' ; run;   * fill patterns for the map areas; pattern1 v=s c=pab; pattern2 v=s c=grpb; pattern3 v=s c=mogb; pattern4 v=s c=mopb; pattern5 v=s c=grb; pattern6 v=s c=papb; * create instructions for legend location and appearance; legend1 origin=(5,10) pct  mode=share  across=1  label=none value=(j=r)  shape=bar(3,4) pct;     proc gmap data=AdaData  map=AdaMap (where=(density lt 6))  all; id FIPS;  choro workers / discrete legend=legand1;  format workers workers_fmt.; note ' Ada Map Data set'  j=l ' Ada County Outbound Commuters'; run; quit;     Here is my code. (Previous code creates the state/county map, and the following creates the colored chrono map.)    Where am I going wrong?  Is there an order of procs I'm overlooking that will annotate the state outlines on top of the colored choro map? ...... proc gmap map=AdaMap data=AdaMap anno=State_outline; id state county; choro segment / levels=1 nolegend coutline=grayaa;    *Light grey county lines; run;   * Create st/co fips var in Map dataset and data dataset for matching; data AdaData; set AdaData; FIPS=cats(W_StFIPS,"_",W_CoFIPS); put FIPS=; run;   data AdaMap; set adamap; FIPS=cats(State,"_",County); put FIPS=; run; /* Preparing for the chrono map */ proc format; value Workers_fmt 0-25 = '1 to 25' 26-50 = '26 to 50' 51-100 = '51 to 100' 101-200 = '100 to 200' 201-500 = '201 to 500' 501-1000 = '501-1,000' 1000-500000 = 'Over 1,000' ; run;   * fill patterns for the map areas; pattern1 v=s c=pab; pattern2 v=s c=grpb; pattern3 v=s c=mogb; pattern4 v=s c=mopb; pattern5 v=s c=grb; pattern6 v=s c=papb; * create instructions for legend location and appearance; legend1 origin=(5,10) pct  mode=share  across=1  label=none value=(j=r)  shape=bar(3,4) pct;     proc gmap data=AdaData  map=AdaMap (where=(density lt 6))  all; id FIPS;  choro workers / discrete legend=legand1;  format workers workers_fmt.; note ' Ada Map Data set'  j=l ' Ada County Outbound Commuters'; run; quit;   My ultimate goal will be to superimpose directional arrows from the source county to the commuted-to counties.  If anyone has done something similar, I would like to know how it was done.   Thanks to all.   Cathy     ... View more

  Newbie here, so my references come from the spreadsheet world.  I'm learning, though.   I have a table from a DESCRIPT step that has created my inputs for a chart.  But I will have many of these such tables I will combine, so I need a way to identify the source table which is a variable since it will eventually be part of a macro. But for now, my incoming dataset is hardcoded as Z_HCCOVR.   The output will be Z_HCCOVR2, and that works fine, but it contains not only the TabName field, but the dataset name as another field, both unpopulated.   TableNo is a field known to be populated.   Using examples from other community replies, I have the following, which doesn't work.    Where am I going wrong?   %let VAR = Z_HCCOVR;   data &var.2;      set &var;        length TabName $15;        where XYZ ne 0;      if tablelno ne . then do; TabName = pathname(&var); end; run;   Many thanks to all who contribute to this community.  I've learned a lot from you.   Cathy ... View more