Using ODS Graphics Functionality to Create Graphs

By default, ODS Graphics are enabled for many SAS procedures. However, you might need to request particular plots using procedure options. For procedures that support ODS Graphics, these options are described in the “Syntax” section of the procedure chapter of the respective user’s guide. You typically request graphs with the PLOTS= option in the procedure statement.

The following example uses the FREQ procedure to provide a frequency distribution based on the number of car cylinders. In this example, you do not need to specify the ODS GRAPHICS statement. ODS Graphics functionality is enabled by default for the FREQ procedure. However, this example specifies the PLOTS= option in the TABLES statement in order to produce graphical output.

title1 "Distribution of Cylinders";
proc freq data=sashelp.cars;
  tables Cylinders / plots=freqplot;
run;
title1;