Summary of Options

Table 15.3 lists the VBAR statement options by function. For complete descriptions, see Dictionary of Options.

Table 15.3: VBAR Statement Options

Option

Description

Options for ODS Graphics Output

CATLEGEND=

displays Pareto categories legend

CHARTTYPE=

specifies type of Pareto chart produced

MARKERS

requests markers on the cumulative percent curve

ODSFOOTNOTE=

specifies footnote displayed on chart

ODSFOOTNOTE2=

specifies secondary footnote displayed on chart

ODSTITLE=

specifies title displayed on chart

ODSTITLE2=

specifies secondary title displayed on chart

URL=

specifies a variable whose values are URLs to be associated with bars

Options for the Cumulative Percent Curve

ANCHOR=

specifies corner of leftmost bar to which curve is anchored

CCONNECT=

specifies color for curve

CMPCTLABEL

labels curve points with their values

NOCURVE

suppresses curve

NOVLABEL2

suppresses secondary vertical axis label

NOVTICK2

suppresses secondary vertical axis tick marks and tick mark labels

Data Processing Options

FREQ=

specifies frequency variable

MISSING

specifies that missing values of the process variable be treated as a Pareto category

MISSING1

specifies that missing values of the first CLASS= variable be analyzed as a level

MISSING2

specifies that missing values of the second CLASS= variable be analyzed as a level

OUT=

creates output data set that saves information displayed in the Pareto chart

WEIGHT=

specifies weight variables used to weight frequencies

Options for Restricting the Number of Categories

COTHER=

specifies color for OTHER= bar

LOTHER=

specifies label for OTHER= bar

MAXCMPCT=

displays only the categories with cumulative percentage less than the percent specified

MAXNCAT=

displays only the categories with the n highest values

MINPCT=

displays only the categories with percents greater than the percent specified

OTHER=

merges all categories not displayed

OTHERCVAL=

specifies an OUT= data set character variable value for the OTHER= category

OTHERNVAL=

specifies an OUT= data set numeric variable value for the OTHER= category

POTHER=

specifies pattern for OTHER= bar

Options to Enhance Graphical Output

ANNOTATE=

specifies annotate data set with primary vertical axis data units

ANNOTATE2=

specifies annotate data set with secondary vertical axis data units

CTEXT=

specifies color for text

CTEXTSIDE=

specifies color for row labels

CTEXTTOP=

specifies color for column labels

DESCRIPTION=

specifies description of Pareto chart’s GRSEG catalog entry

FONT=

specifies font for text

HEIGHT=

specifies text height in percent screen units

HTML=

specifies a variable whose values create links associated with bars in traditional graphics output

INFONT=

specifies font for text inside frame

INHEIGHT=

specifies text height in percent screen units for text inside frame

NAME=

specifies name of Pareto chart’s GRSEG catalog entry

Options for Reference Lines

CHREF=

specifies color for HREF= lines

CLIPREF

draws reference lines behind bars

CVREF=

specifies color for VREF= and VREF2= lines

FRONTREF

draws reference lines in front of bars

HREF=

requests reference lines perpendicular to horizontal axis

HREFLABELS=

specifies labels for HREF= lines

HREFLABPOS=

specifies position of HREFLABELS= labels

LHREF=

specifies line type for HREF= lines

LVREF=

specifies line type for VREF= and VREF2= lines

VREF=

requests reference lines perpendicular to primary vertical axis

VREF2=

requests reference lines perpendicular to secondary vertical axis

VREFLABELS=

specifies labels for VREF= lines

VREF2LABELS=

specifies labels for VREF2= lines

VREFLABPOS=

specifies position of VREFLABELS= and VREF2LABELS= labels

Options for Comparative Pareto Charts

ANNOKEY

applies annotation only to the key cell

CFRAMESIDE=

specifies frame color for row labels

CFRAMETOP=

specifies frame color for column labels

CLASS=

specifies classification variables

CLASSKEY=

specifies the key cell

CPROP=

requests proportion-of-frequency bars

CTILES=

specifies colors for tile backgrounds

INTERTILE=

specifies distance in percent screen units between tiles

MISSING1

specifies that missing values of the first CLASS= variable be analyzed as a level

MISSING2

specifies that missing values of the second CLASS= variable be analyzed as a level

NCOLS=

specifies number of columns

NOKEYMOVE

suppresses the placement of the key cell in the top left corner

NROWS=

specifies number of rows

ORDER1=

specifies the order in which values of the first CLASS= variable are displayed

ORDER2=

specifies the order in which values of the second CLASS= variable are displayed

Options for Grids

CGRID=

specifies color for GRID lines

CGRID2=

specifies color for GRID2 lines

GRID

adds grid corresponding to primary vertical axis

GRID2

adds grid corresponding to secondary vertical axis

LGRID=

specifies line type for GRID lines

LGRID2=

specifies line type for GRID2 lines

WGRID=

specifies width of GRID lines

WGRID2=

specifies width of GRID2 lines

Options for Controlling Axes

ANGLE=

rotates horizontal axis tick mark labels

AXISFACTOR=

specifies distance factor between the tallest bar and the upper frame

CAXIS=

specifies axis color

CAXIS2=

specifies color for secondary vertical axis and tick marks

CFRAME=

specifies color for area enclosed by axes and frame

HOFFSET=

specifies horizontal axis offset in percent screen units

NOCHART

suppresses Pareto chart

NOFRAME

suppresses axis frame

NOHLABEL

suppresses horizontal axis label

NOVLABEL

suppresses primary vertical axis label

NOVLABEL2

suppresses secondary vertical axis label

NOVTICK

suppresses tick marks and tick mark labels for primary vertical axis

NOVTICK2

suppresses tick marks and tick mark labels for secondary vertical axis

SCALE=

specifies units in which primary vertical axis is scaled

TURNVLABEL

turns and strings vertically the characters in the primary and secondary vertical axis labels

VAXIS=

specifies tick mark values for primary vertical axis

VAXISLABEL=

labels primary vertical axis

VAXIS2=

specifies tick mark values for secondary vertical axis

VAXIS2LABEL=

labels secondary vertical axis

VOFFSET=

specifies vertical axis offset in percent screen units

WAXIS=

specifies width in pixels for the axes and frame

Options for Displaying Legends

BARLEGEND=

displays legend for CBARS= colors or PBARS= patterns

BARLEGLABEL=

displays label for BARLEGEND= legend

CATLEGLABEL=

specifies label for Pareto categories legend

CFRAMENLEG=

frames the sample size legend

HLLEGLABEL=

displays label for the legend that describes colors and patterns of highest or lowest bars

NLEGEND=

requests sample size legend

NOHLLEG

suppresses legend describing colors and patterns of highest or lowest bars

TILELEGEND=

specifies legend for CTILES= colors

TILELEGLABEL=

specifies label for TILELEGEND= legend

Options for Displaying Bars

BARLABEL=

displays labels for bars

BARLABPOS=

specifies position of BARLABEL= labels

BARS=

specifies variable that groups bars for display using ODS style colors

BARWIDTH=

specifies width (horizontal dimension) in percent screen units of the bars

CBARLINE=

specifies color for bar outlines

CBARS=

specifies color for bars

CHIGH(n)=

specifies color for bars with the n highest values

CLOW(n)=

specifies color for bars with the n lowest values

INTERBAR=

specifies distance between bars in percent screen units

LABOTHER=

specifies BARLABEL= label for 'other' category

LAST=

specifies bottommost category

PBARS=

specifies pattern for the bars

PHIGH(n)=

specifies pattern for bars with the n highest values

PLOW(n)=

specifies pattern for bars with the n lowest values

WBARLINE=

specifies width for bar outlines

Options for Line Printer Charts

CONNECTCHAR=

specifies plot character for cumulative percent curve segments

HREFCHAR=

specifies plot character for HREF= lines

VREFCHAR=

specifies plot character for VREF= and VREF2= lines

SYMBOLCHAR=

specifies plot character for points on cumulative pervent curve