Glossary

cell

in ODS graphics, a distinct rectangular subregion of a graph that can contain plots, text, or legends.

classification panel

a multi-cell graph in which the cell data is driven by the values of one or more classification variables. The number of the cells is determined by the unique values of the classification variables. Each cell of the panel has the same types of plots.

classification variable

a variable whose values are used to group (or classify) the observations in a data set into different groups that are meaningful for analysis.

graph

a visualization created by SAS software that can contain any of the following: a title, footnotes, legend, and multiple cells.

Graph Gallery

in ODS Graphics Designer, a gallery of predefined, commonly used graphs. Users can add their own custom graphs to the gallery.

Graph Template Language

an extension to the Output Delivery System (ODS) that enables users to create sophisticated analytical graphs. Short form: GTL.

GTL

See Graph Template Language.

heterogeneous panel

a multi-cell graph in which each cell is defined independently and can contain different types of plots.

marker

a symbol such as a diamond, a circle, or a triangle that is used to indicate the location of a data point in a plot.

ODS

See Output Delivery System.

ODS Graphics

an extension to ODS that is used to create analytical graphs using the Graph Template Language.

ODS style

a template that specifies instructions for the presentation aspects (color, font face, font size, and so on) of your SAS output. This template determines the overall appearance of the documents that use it. Each style definition consists of style elements.

ODS template

a description of how output should appear when it is formatted. ODS templates are stored as compiled entries in a template store (item store). Common template types include STATGRAPH, STYLE, CROSSTABS, TAGSET, and TABLE.

Output Delivery System

a component of SAS software that can produce output in a variety of formats such as markup languages (HTML, XML), PDF, listing, RTF, PostScript, other formats, and SAS data sets. Short form: ODS.

panel

a graph with multiple cells.

plot

a visual representation of data such as a scatter plot, a series line, or a histogram. Multiple plots can be overlaid in a cell to create a graph.

scatter plot matrix

a grid of scatter plots showing pairwise combinations of multiple numeric variables.

SGD file

an ODS Graphics Designer file. Users can open this file in the designer and change the graph. Users can also render the graph to an ODS destination by using the SGDESIGN procedure.

shared variable

a feature of ODS Graphics Designer that enables users to reuse graphs and specify different variables from the same or from a different data set.

style attribute

a visual property, such as color, font properties, and line characteristics, that has a reserved name and value defined in ODS. Style attributes are collectively referenced by a style element within a style definition.

style element

a named collection of style attributes that affects specific parts of ODS output. For example, a style element might specify the color and font properties of title text or other text in a table or graph.