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Introduction to SAS/GRAPH Software

Overview

SAS/GRAPH is the data visualization and presentation (graphics) component of the SAS System. As such, SAS/GRAPH:

  • organizes the presentation of your data and visually represents the relationship between data values as two- and three-dimensional graphs, including charts, plots, and maps.

  • enhances the appearance of your output by allowing you to select text fonts, colors, patterns, and line styles, and control the size and position of many graphics elements.

  • creates presentation graphics. SAS/GRAPH can create text slides, display several graphs at one time, combine graphs and text in one display, and create automated presentations.

  • generates a variety of graphics output that you can display on your screen or in a Web browser, store in catalogs, review, or send to a hardcopy graphics output device such as a laser printer, plotter, or slide camera.

  • provides utility procedures and statements to manage the output.

This chapter describes the graphs that are produced by SAS/GRAPH and explains some of the parts and features of SAS/GRAPH programs.

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