Rendering Graphs from GTL Templates or ODS Graphics Editor Files

The SGRENDER procedure creates graphical output from templates that are created using the Graph Template Language (GTL). You can use the GTL to create many different types of plots, paneled graphs, and matrices, some of which cannot be created with the ODS Graphics procedures.

The SGRENDER procedure can also produce graphical output from graphs that were edited in the SAS ODS Graphics Editor. An ODS Graphics Editor file (SGE) is created in SAS by using the SGE = ON option in the ODS destination statement. The SGRENDER procedure enables you to run one or more graphs in batch mode and render the graphs to any ODS destination using any of the supported ODS options. For more information about the editor, see the SAS ODS Graphics Editor: User's Guide.

proc template;
  define statgraph surface;
  begingraph;
     layout overlay3d;
      surfaceplotparm x=height y=weight z=density;
     endlayout;
  endgraph;
  end;
run;

proc sgrender data=sashelp.gridded template=surface;
run;

For more information about the SGRENDER procedure, see SGRENDER Procedure. For more information about the GTL, see SAS Graph Template Language: User's Guide.