Producing Charts to Summarize Variables

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PROC CHART: For complete documentation, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide. In addition to the features that are described in this section, you can use PROC CHART to create star charts, to draw a reference line at a particular value on a bar chart, and to change the symbol that is used to draw charts. You can also create charts based, not only on frequency, sum, and mean, but also on cumulative frequency, percent, and cumulative percent.
PROC UNIVARIATE: For complete documentation, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide.
PROC PLOT: For a discussion about how to plot the relationship between variables, see Plotting the Relationship between Variables. When you are preparing graphics presentations, some data lends itself to charts, while other data is better suited for plots.
SAS formats: For complete documentation, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Many formats are available with SAS, including fractions, hexadecimal values, roman numerals, social security numbers, date and time values, and numbers written as words.
PROC FORMAT: For complete documentation about how to create your own formats, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide.
SAS/GRAPH software: For complete documentation, see SAS/GRAPH: Reference. If your site has SAS/GRAPH software, then you can use the GCHART procedure to take advantage of the high-resolution graphics capabilities of output devices and produce charts that include color, different fonts, and text.
TITLE and FOOTNOTE statements: For a discussion about using titles and footnotes in a report, see Understanding Titles and Footnotes.

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