GCHART Procedure

Example 11: Specifying the Sum Statistic in a Star Chart

Features:	STAR statement option SUMVAR=
Other features:	FORMAT statement
Sample library member:	GCHSTSUM

This example produces a star chart of total sales for three sites by charting the values of the character variable SITE and calculating the sum of the variable SALES for each site. It represents the statistics as slices of the star. The center of the circle represents 0 and the edge of the circle represents the largest value, in this case Paris sales. By default, the spines are joined and filled with a solid pattern to form slices, and the midpoint value and the formatted values of the sales statistics are printed beside each slice.

GCHSTSUM-Specifying the SUM statistic in a Star chart

Program

goptions reset=all border;

data totals;
length dept $ 7 site $ 8;
input dept site quarter sales;
datalines;
Parts Sydney 1 7043.97
Parts Atlanta 1 8225.26
Parts Paris 1 5543.97
Tools Sydney 4 1775.74
Tools Atlanta 4 3424.19
Tools Paris 4 6914.25
;

title "Total Sales";

proc gchart data=totals;
format sales dollar8.;
star site / sumvar=sales;
run;
quit;

Program Description

Set the graphics environment.

goptions reset=all border;

Create data set TOTALS. TOTALS contains quarterly sales data for three manufacturing sites for one year. Sales figures are broken down by department.

data totals;
length dept $ 7 site $ 8;
input dept site quarter sales;
datalines;
Parts Sydney 1 7043.97
Parts Atlanta 1 8225.26
Parts Paris 1 5543.97
Tools Sydney 4 1775.74
Tools Atlanta 4 3424.19
Tools Paris 4 6914.25
;

Define title.

title "Total Sales";

Produce the star chart. The SUMVAR= option calculates the sum of SALES for each value of the chart variable SITE. Because the TYPE= option is omitted, the default statistic is sum. The FORMAT statement assigns a format to the variable SALES.

proc gchart data=totals;
format sales dollar8.;
star site / sumvar=sales;
run;
quit;