Contents
About
Title Page
What's New in SAS 9.3 ODS Graphics Designer
Introduction
Overview of the ODS Graphics Designer
About the ODS Graphics Designer
Manual Tasks for Upgrading to SAS 9.3 ODS Graphics Designer
Main Tasks That You Can Perform in the ODS Graphics Designer
Accessibility Features of the ODS Graphics Designer
Start the ODS Graphics Designer
Understanding the User Interface
Overview of the User Interface
About the Graph Gallery
About the Elements Pane
Getting Started
Quick-Start Examples
About the Quick-Start Examples
Quick-Start Example One: Design a Simple Graph
Quick-Start Example Two: Enhance the Simple Quick-Start Graph
Run the Examples on the SAS Server
Fundamentals of Designing Graphs
Components of a Graph
Compatible Plot Types
High-Level Steps for Designing Graphs
Designing Graphs
Creating and Managing Graphs
Creating a Graph
Add a Plot to a Graph
Assigning Data to a Plot
Select a Plot
Adding Reference Lines to Graphs
Remove a Plot from a Graph
Save a Graph to a File
Add a Graph to the Graph Gallery
Open a Graph
Working with the Graph Code
Copy and Paste a Graph to Another Application
Manage the Plots and Insets in a Cell
Working with Titles and Footnotes
About Titles and Footnotes
Add a Title or a Footnote
Edit and Format a Title or Footnote
Align a Title or Footnote Horizontally
Remove a Title or Footnote from a Graph
Working with Legends
Adding Legends
Change the Contents of a Legend
Edit a Legend's Labels
Add a Title to a Legend
Change a Legend's Outline or Background Color
Arrange Legend Contents in a Row or Column
Reposition a Legend
Remove a Legend
Working with Text Entries
Add a Text Entry to a Graph
Edit and Format a Text Entry
Reposition a Text Entry
Remove a Text Entry from a Cell
General Information about Modifying Textual Elements
Specifying Style Elements for Text Properties
Using the Color List Box
Adding Dynamic Content to Text
Changing the Appearance of Graphs
Changing Graph Properties
About Graph Properties
Change the Style That Is Applied to a Graph
Change a Graph's Background Color and Border
Resize a Graph
Changing Plot Properties
About Plot Properties
Change Plot Properties
Specifying Style Elements for Plot Properties
General Properties
Plot-Specific Properties
Change the Wall Color and the Outline for a Cell
Changing Axis Properties
About Axis Properties
Change an Axis Label
Change Axis Properties
About the Axis Data Range
About Advanced Axis Properties
Customizing Graph Styles
About Styles and Style Elements
About the Graph Style Editor
Use the Sample Graphs to Identify Style Elements
Create a Custom Style
Modify a Custom Style
Modify and Apply the Current Style
Export a Custom Style
Delete a Custom Style
How the Style Elements Map to Parts of a Graph
Multi-Cell Graphs
Overview of Multi-Cell Graphs
About Multi-Cell Graphs in ODS Graphics Designer
Summary of the Main Differences among Multi-Cell Graphs
Creating Heterogeneous Panels
About Heterogeneous Panels
Creating a Heterogeneous Panel
Adding Rows and Columns to a Graph
Move a Row or Column
Resize a Row or Column
Sharing or Unsharing a Common External Axis
Remove a Row or Column from a Graph
Working with Cell Headers
Add a Header to a Cell
Edit and Format a Cell Header
Change the Position of a Cell Header
Remove a Header from a Cell
Creating Classification Panels
About Classification Panels
Creating a Classification Panel
Creating Scatter Plot Matrices
About Scatter Plot Matrices
Create a Scatter Plot Matrix
Shared Variables
Using Shared Variables in Graphs
About Shared Variables
Main Features of Shared Variables
Requirements for Creating Shared-Variable Graphs
Create a Shared-Variable Graph
Change the Data That Is Used in a Shared-Variable Graph
Managing Preferences and the Graph Gallery
Setting Preferences
Overview of the Preferences
Setting Preferences
Managing Graphs in the Graph Gallery
Add a Graph to the Graph Gallery
Change the Name, Icon, or Tooltip for a Graph in the Graph Gallery
Managing the Graphs in the Graph Gallery
Managing the Groups in the Graph Gallery
Examples
Examples for Creating Single-Cell Graphs
Example: Create a Grouped Series Plot
Example: Create a Scatter Plot with Modified Axis Labels and Two Titles
Example: Add a Regression Overlay and Set Plot Properties
Examples for Creating Multi-Cell Graphs
Example: Create a Classification Panel
Example: Create a Heterogeneous Panel
Example: Create a Shared-Variable Graph and Add a Dynamic Title
Glossary
Product
Release
Base SAS
9.3
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
July 2011
Last Updated
11Jul2011