Controlling The Appearance of Your Graphs

Precedence of Appearance Option Specifications

When you specify options that override style attributes or device parameters, the general order of precedence that SAS/GRAPH uses is as follows:

options in a SAS/GRAPH procedure action statement
options in AXIS, FOOTNOTE, LEGEND, NOTE, PATTERN, SYMBOL, or TITLE statements
graphics options in a GOPTIONS statement
1. color options in the GOPTIONS statement that control specific graph elements such as the background color or title text color
2. the color list specified with the COLORS= option in the GOPTIONS statement
attributes specified in the current style or, if the NOGSTYLE option is in effect, device parameters in a device entry for the current device
default hardware settings for a device.

SAS/GRAPH uses the first specification it finds in this list. Any exceptions to this rule are noted in the documentation for the specific option as described in Overriding Style Attributes With SAS/GRAPH Statement Options.