Hello-- The following is a simplified example of a problem I am trying to wade through. I have a dataset that has State scores by year.  I want to plot the scores over time for each of the states--with specific colors, linestyles, and shapes for each state.  I also want to use the annotate function to shade a portion of the graph that I would like to accentuate.  I was able to get the annotate to work with sgplot, but cannot get it to work with sgrender.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Specifically: --How can I get the shaded part to work with annotate? --Is there an easier way to accomplish my different colors, linestyles, markers by state? Thanks. Nick data statescores;   input state $ year score;   cards; NC 2010 75 NC 2011 77 NC 2012 72 NC 2013 85 NC 2014 87 SC 2010 72 SC 2011 73 SC 2012 60 SC 2013 79 SC 2014 76 VA 2010 80 VA 2011 80 VA 2012 79 VA 2013 81 VA 2014 83 ; run; data drop;                                                                                                                           input startdate enddate;                                                                                                datalines;                                                                                                                           2011 2013                                                                                                                        ;  data annorec;                                                                                                                              length function style color $8;                                                                                                          retain xsys '2' ysys '1' when 'b';                                                                                                       set drop;                                                                                                          function='move';                                                                                                                         x=startdate;                                                                                                                           y=60;                                                                                                                                   output;                                                                                                              function='bar';                                                                                                                          x=enddate;                                                                                                                             y=90;                                                                                                                                 color='ltgray';                                                                                                                        style='solid';                                                                                                                         output;                                                                                                                             run;    proc template;   define style styles.stocks;   parent=styles.listing;   style GraphData1 from GraphData1 /     ContrastColor=blue     Color=red     MarkerSymbol="CircleFilled"     Linestyle=1;   style GraphData2 from GraphData2 /     ContrastColor=brown     Color=blue     MarkerSymbol="none"     Linestyle=2;   style GraphData3 from GraphData3 /     ContrastColor=orange     Color=orange     MarkerSymbol="none"     Linestyle=2; end; run; proc template;   define statgraph trend;   begingraph;   entrytitle "Scores for NC, SC, and VA";   discreteattrmap name="stockname" / ignorecase=true;   value 'NC' /   markerattrs=GraphData1(color=red symbol=circlefilled)   lineattrs=GraphData1(color=red pattern=solid);   value 'SC' /   markerattrs=GraphData2(color=orange)   lineattrs=GraphData2(color=green pattern=dot);   value 'VA' /   markerattrs=GraphData3(color=blue)   lineattrs=GraphData3(color=blue pattern=dot);   enddiscreteattrmap;   discreteattrvar attrvar=stockmarkers var=stock   attrmap="stockname";   layout overlay;   seriesplot x=year y=score /   group=state   display=(markers)   name="scores";   discretelegend "scores" / title="State Scores";   endlayout;   endgraph;   end; run; /* Plot the scores*/ ods pdf file="/sasdata/username/testgraph.pdf"; ods pdf style=styles.stocks; proc sgrender data=statescores template=trend sganno=annorec; run; quit;   ods pdf close; ... View more

Hello-- I have a simple input statement that I am using to test a program.  It works fine in SAS 9.3 and EG 5.1 on my personal machine.  However, when I try this on my work computer, which uses EG 6.1 through the SASApp Server, it has issues.  The syntax is fine, so I cannot understand what the issue is. data example;   input productgroup $ state $ id amount price; cards; lumber  NC 17442 21324 66.83 lumber  NC 17951 353726 19.40 ; run; Any help would be greatly appreciated, since this seems to be a simple issue and it's driving me crazy. Nick ps.  I can "force" it to work with length statements, but I shouldn't have to.  Also, not practical since I will sometimes be testing this with larger datasets.\ ... View more