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 hard copy 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.