| Product | Release |
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| SAS/GRAPH | 9.2 |
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| Introduction to SAS/GRAPH Software |
SAS/GRAPH produces graphics using two very distinct systems. SAS/GRAPH can produce output using a device-based system or using a template-based system. The tradtional system for producing graphics output that most users are familiar with is the device-based system.
are SAS/GRAPH output that is generated by a default or user-specified device (DEVICE= option). Device drivers supplied by SAS are stored in the SASHELP.DEVICES catalog. Examples of device drivers are GIF, PNG, ACTIVEX, SVG, and SASPRTC. Common SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce device-based graphics include the GCHART, GPLOT, GMAP, GBARLINE, GCONTOUR, and G3D procedures. Most procedures that produce device-based graphics also produce GRSEG catalog entries in addition to any image files that are produced. For device-based graphics, you can use the GOPTIONS statement to control the graphical environment.
are SAS/GRAPH output that is produced from a compiled ODS template of type STATGRAPH. Templates supplied by SAS are stored in SASHELP.TMPLMST. Device drivers and most global statements (such as SYMBOL, PATTERN, AXIS and LEGEND) have no effect on template-based graphics. The SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce template-based graphics are the SGPLOT, SGPANEL, SGSCATTER, and SGRENDER procedures. Many SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, and SAS/QC procedures also produce template-based graphics when you specify the ODS GRAPHICS ON statement. (Template-based graphics are frequently referred to as ODS graphics.) Template-based graphics are always produced as image files and never as GRSEG catalog entries. For template-based graphics, you must use the ODS GRAPHICS statement to control the graphical environment.
The SAS/GRAPH: Reference contains information about device-based graphics only. For information about template-based graphics, see SAS/GRAPH: Statistical Graphics Procedures Guide and SAS/GRAPH: Graph Template Language Reference.
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