XCHART Statement: ANOM Procedure

Summary of Options

The following tables list the XCHART statement options by function. Options unique to the ANOM procedure are listed in Table 4.25, and are described in detail in Dictionary of ANOM Chart Statement Options. Options that are common to both the ANOM and SHEWHART procedures are listed in Table 4.26, and are described in detail in Dictionary of Options: SHEWHART Procedure.

Table 4.25: XCHART Statement Special Options

Option

Description

Options for Specifying Parameters for Decision Limits

ALPHA=

Specifies the probability of a Type I error

DFE=

Specifies the degrees of freedom associated with the root mean square error

LIMITK=

Specifies number of groups for decision limits

LIMITN=

Specifies either nominal sample size for fixed decision limits or varying limits

MEAN=

Specifies the mean

MSE=

Specifies the mean square error

NOREADLIMITS

Computes decision limits for each response from the data rather than a LIMITS= data set

READINDEXES=

Reads multiple sets of decision limits for each response from a LIMITS= data set

TYPE=

Identifies parameters as estimates or standard values and specifies value of _TYPE_ in the OUTLIMITS= data set

Options for Displaying Decision Limits

CINFILL=

Specifies color for area inside decision limits

CLIMITS=

Specifies color of decision limits, central line, and related labels

LDLLABEL=

Specifies label for lower decision limit

LIMLABSUBCHAR=

Specifies a substitution character for labels provided as quoted strings; the character is replaced with the value of the decision limit

LLIMITS=

Specifies line type for decision limits

NDECIMAL=

Specifies number of digits to right of decimal place in default labels for decision limits and central line

NOCTL

Suppresses display of central line

NOLDL

Suppresses display of lower decision limit

NOLIMITLABEL

Suppresses labels for decision limits and central line

NOLIMITS

Suppresses display of decision limits

NOLIMITSFRAME

Suppresses default frame around decision limit information when multiple sets of decision limits are read from a LIMITS= data set

NOLIMITSLEGEND

Suppresses legend for decision limits

NOUDL

Suppresses display of upper decision limit

UDLLABEL=

Specifies label for upper decision limit

WLIMITS=

Specifies width for decision limits and central line

XSYMBOL=

Specifies label for central line

Output Data Set Option

OUTSUMMARY=

Creates output data set containing group summary statistics


Table 4.26: XCHART Statement General Options

Option

Description

Options for Plotting and Labeling Points

ALLLABEL=

Labels every point on ANOM chart

CLABEL=

Specifies color for labels

CCONNECT=

Specifies color for line segments that connect points on chart

CFRAMELAB=

Specifies fill color for frame around labeled points

CNEEDLES=

Specifies color for needles that connect points to central line

COUT=

Specifies color for portions of line segments that connect points outside decision limits

COUTFILL=

Specifies color for shading areas between the connected points and decision limits outside the limits

LABELANGLE=

Specifies angle at which labels are drawn

LABELFONT=

Specifies software font for labels

LABELHEIGHT=

Specifies height of labels

NONEEDLES

Suppresses vertical needles connecting points to central line

OUTLABEL=

Labels points outside decision limits

SYMBOLLEGEND=

Specifies LEGEND statement for levels of symbol-variable

SYMBOLORDER=

Specifies order in which symbols are assigned for levels of symbol-variable

TURNALL|TURNOUT

Turns point labels so that they are strung out vertically

WNEEDLES=

Specifies width of needles

Axis and Axis Label Options

CAXIS=

Specifies color for axis lines and tick marks

CFRAME=

Specifies fill colors for frame for plot area

CTEXT=

Specifies color for tick mark values and axis labels

DISCRETE

Produces horizontal axis for discrete numeric group values

HAXIS=

Specifies major tick mark values for horizontal axis

HEIGHT=

Specifies height of axis label and axis legend text

HMINOR=

Specifies number of minor tick marks between major tick marks on horizontal axis

HOFFSET=

Specifies length of offset at both ends of horizontal axis

NOHLABEL

Suppresses label for horizontal axis

NOTICKREP

Specifies that only the first occurrence of repeated, adjacent group values is to be labeled on horizontal axis

NOVANGLE

requests vertical axis labels that are strung out vertically

NOVLABEL

Suppresses label for vertical axis

SKIPHLABELS=

Specifies thinning factor for tick mark labels on horizontal axis

TURNHLABELS

requests horizontal axis labels that are strung out vertically

VAXIS=

Specifies major tick mark values for vertical axis of ANOM chart

VFORMAT=

Specifies format for vertical axis tick mark labels

VMINOR=

Specifies number of minor tick marks between major tick marks on vertical axis

VOFFSET=

Specifies length of offset at both ends of vertical axis

VZERO

Forces origin to be included in vertical axis for ANOM chart

WAXIS=

Specifies width of axis lines

Plot Layout Options

ALLN

Plots means for all groups

BILEVEL

Creates ANOM charts using half-screens and half-pages

EXCHART

Creates ANOM chart for a response only when a group mean exceeds the decision limits

INTERVAL=

Specifies the natural time interval between consecutive group positions when time, date, or datetime format is associated with a numeric group variable

MAXPANELS=

Specifies the maximum number of pages or screens for chart

NMARKERS

Requests special markers for points corresponding to sample sizes not equal to nominal sample size for fixed decision limits

NOCHART

Suppresses creation of chart

NOFRAME

Suppresses frame for plot area

NOLEGEND

Suppresses legend for group sample sizes

NPANELPOS=

Specifies number of group positions per panel on each chart

REPEAT

Repeats last group position on panel as first group position of next panel

TOTPANELS=

Specifies number of pages or screens to be used to display chart

ZEROSTD

Displays ANOM chart regardless of whether root mean square error is zero

Reference Line Options

CHREF=

Specifies color for lines requested by HREF= option

CVREF=

Specifies color for lines requested by VREF= option

HREF=

Specifies position of reference lines perpendicular to horizontal axis on ANOM chart

HREFDATA=

Specifies position of reference lines perpendicular to horizontal axis on ANOM chart

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= lines

NOBYREF

Specifies that reference line information in a data set applies uniformly to charts created for all BY groups

VREF=

Specifies position of reference lines perpendicular to vertical axis on ANOM chart

VREFLABELS=

Specifies labels for VREF= lines

VREFLABPOS=

Specifies position of VREFLABELS= labels

Grid Options

CGRID=

Specifies color for grid requested with GRID or ENDGRID option

ENDGRID

Adds grid after last plotted point

GRID

Adds grid to control chart

LENDGRID=

Specifies line type for grid requested with the ENDGRID option

LGRID=

Specifies line type for grid requested with the GRID option

WGRID=

Specifies width of grid lines

Clipping Options

CCLIP=

Specifies color for plot symbol for clipped points

CLIPFACTOR=

Determines extent to which extreme points are clipped

CLIPLEGEND=

Specifies text for clipping legend

CLIPLEGPOS=

Specifies position of clipping legend

CLIPSUBCHAR=

Specifies substitution character for CLIPLEGEND= text

CLIPSYMBOL=

Specifies plot symbol for clipped points

CLIPSYMBOLHT=

Specifies symbol marker height for clipped points

Graphical Enhancement Options

ANNOTATE=

Specifies annotate data set that adds features to ANOM chart

DESCRIPTION=

Specifies description of ANOM chart’s GRSEG catalog entry

FONT=

Specifies software font for labels and legends on chart

NAME=

Specifies name of ANOM chart’s GRSEG catalog entry

PAGENUM=

Specifies the form of the label used in pagination

PAGENUMPOS=

Specifies the position of the page number requested with the PAGENUM= option

Options for Producing Graphs Using ODS Styles

BLOCKVAR=

Specifies one or more variables whose values define colors for filling background of block-variable legend

CFRAMELAB

Draws a frame around labeled points

COUT

Draws portions of line segments that connect points outside decision limits in a contrasting color

CSTAROUT

Specifies that portions of stars exceeding inner or outer circles are drawn using a different color

OUTFILL

Shades areas between decision limits and connected points lying outside the limits

STARFILL=

Specifies a variable identifying groups of stars filled with different colors

STARS=

Specifies a variable identifying groups of stars whose outlines are drawn with different colors

Options for ODS Graphics

BLOCKREFTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies the wall fill transparency for blocks and phases

INFILLTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies the decision limit infill transparency

MARKERS

Plots group points with markers

NOBLOCKREF

Suppresses block and phase reference lines

NOBLOCKREFFILL

Suppresses block and phase wall fills

NOFILLLEGEND

Suppresses legend for levels of a STARFILL= variable

NOPHASEREF

Suppresses block and phase reference lines

NOPHASEREFFILL

Suppresses block and phase wall fills

NOREF

Suppresses block and phase reference lines

NOREFFILL

Suppresses block and phase wall fills

NOSTARFILLLEGEND

Suppresses legend for levels of a STARFILL= variable

NOTRANSPARENCY

Disables transparency in ODS Graphics output

ODSFOOTNOTE=

Specifies a graph footnote

ODSLEGENDEXPAND

Specifies that legend entries contain all levels observed in the data

ODSTITLE=

Specifies a graph title

OUTFILLTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies decision limit outfill transparency

OVERLAYURL=

Specifies URLs to associate with overlay points

PHASEPOS=

Specifies vertical position of phase legend

PHASEREFLEVEL=

Associates phase and block reference lines with either innermost or the outermost level

PHASEREFTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies the wall fill transparency for blocks and phases

REFFILLTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies the wall fill transparency for blocks and phases

SIMULATEQCFONT

Draws central line labels using a simulated software font

STARTRANSPARENCY=

Specifies star fill transparency

URL=

Specifies a variable whose values are URLs to be associated with groups

Input Data Set Options

MISSBREAK

Specifies that observations with missing values are not to be processed

Output Data Set Options

OUTINDEX=

Specifies value of _INDEX_ in the OUTLIMITS= data set

OUTLIMITS=

Creates output data set containing decision limits

OUTTABLE=

Creates output data set containing group summary statistics and decision limits

Tabulation Options

Note: specifying (EXCEPTIONS) after a tabulation option creates a table for exceptional points only.

TABLE

Creates a basic table of group means, group sample sizes, and decision limits

TABLEALL

Creates all the tables that are produced by the TABLE, TABLECENTRAL, TABLEID, TABLELEGEND, TABLEOUTLIM, and TABLETESTS options

TABLECENTRAL

Augments basic table with values of central lines

TABLEID

Augments basic table with columns for ID variables

TABLEOUTLIM

Augments basic table with columns indicating decision limits exceeded

Block Variable Legend Options

BLOCKLABELPOS=

Specifies position of label for block-variable legend

BLOCKLABTYPE=

Specifies text size of block-variable legend

BLOCKPOS=

Specifies vertical position of block-variable legend

BLOCKREP

Repeats identical consecutive labels in block-variable legend

CBLOCKLAB=

Specifies fill colors for frames enclosing variable labels in block-variable legend

CBLOCKVAR=

Specifies one or more variables whose values are colors for filling background of block-variable legend

Phase Options

CPHASELEG=

Specifies text color for phase legend

NOPHASEFRAME

Suppresses default frame for phase legend

OUTPHASE=

Specifies value of _PHASE_ in the OUTHISTORY= data set

PHASEBREAK

Disconnects last point in a phase from first point in next phase

PHASELABTYPE=

Specifies text size of phase legend

PHASELEGEND

Displays phase labels in a legend across top of chart

PHASELIMITS

Labels decision limits for each phase, provided they are constant within that phase

PHASEREF

Delineates phases with vertical reference lines

READPHASES=

Specifies phases to be read from an input data set

Star Options

CSTARCIRCLES=

Specifies color for STARCIRCLES= circles

CSTARFILL=

Specifies color for filling stars

CSTAROUT=

Specifies outline color for stars exceeding inner or outer circles

CSTARS=

Specifies color for outlines of stars

LSTARCIRCLES=

Specifies line types for STARCIRCLES= circles

LSTARS=

Specifies line types for outlines of STARVERTICES= stars

STARBDRADIUS=

Specifies radius of outer bound circle for vertices of stars

STARCIRCLES=

Specifies reference circles for stars

STARINRADIUS=

Specifies inner radius of stars

STARLABEL=

Specifies vertices to be labeled

STARLEGEND=

Specifies style of legend for star vertices

STARLEGENDLAB=

Specifies label for STARLEGEND= legend

STAROUTRADIUS=

Specifies outer radius of stars

STARSPECS=

Specifies method used to standardize vertex variables

STARSTART=

Specifies angle for first vertex

STARTYPE=

Specifies graphical style of star

STARVERTICES=

Superimposes star at each point on ANOM chart

WSTARCIRCLES=

Specifies width of STARCIRCLES= circles

WSTARS=

Specifies width of STARVERTICES= stars

Overlay Options

CCOVERLAY=

Specifies colors for overlay line segments

COVERLAY=

Specifies colors for overlay plots

COVERLAYCLIP=

Specifies color for clipped points on overlays

LOVERLAY=

Specifies line types for overlay line segments

NOOVERLAYLEGEND

Suppresses legend for overlay plots

OVERLAY=

Specifies variables to overlay on chart

OVERLAYCLIPSYM=

Specifies symbol for clipped points on overlays

OVERLAYCLIPSYMHT=

Specifies symbol height for clipped points on overlays

OVERLAYHTML=

Specifies links to associate with overlay points

OVERLAYID=

Specifies labels for overlay points

OVERLAYLEGLAB=

Specifies label for overlay legend

OVERLAYSYM=

Specifies symbols for overlays

OVERLAYSYMHT=

Specifies symbol heights for overlays

WOVERLAY=

Specifies widths of overlay line segments

Options for Interactive ANOM Charts

HTML=

Specifies a variable whose values create links to be associated with groups

HTML_LEGEND=

Specifies a variable whose values create links to be associated with symbols in the symbol legend

WEBOUT=

Creates an OUTTABLE= data set with additional graphics coordinate data