Using Tables, Graphs, Gauges, Controls, and Other Report Objects

After selecting your data source and data items, add one or more report objects to display the results. SAS Visual Analytics Designer provides report objects for all of your reports. Report objects in SAS Visual Analytics Designer are grouped into these types on the Objects tab in the left pane and the Insert menu:
  • tables
  • graphs
  • gauges
  • controls
  • other
The following table types are available in SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
  • list tables
  • crosstabs
The following graph types are available in SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
  • bar charts
  • targeted bar charts
  • waterfall charts
  • line charts
  • pie charts
  • scatter plots
  • time series plots
  • bubble plots
  • treemaps
  • dual axis bar charts
  • dual axis line charts
  • dual axis bar-line charts
  • dual axis time series plot
The following gauges types are available in SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
  • bullet
  • slider
  • thermometer
  • dial
  • speedometer
The following control types are available in SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
  • drop-down lists
  • lists
  • button bars
  • text input fields
  • range sliders
These other objects are also available in SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
  • text
  • image
  • stored processes
  • vertical containers
  • horizontal containers
  • geo maps
In SAS Visual Analytics Designer, you have access to report objects from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer. You can open the histogram, heat map, box plot, or correlation matrix report objects that have been exported from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer. However, you cannot create new histograms, heat maps, box plots, or correlation matrices in SAS Visual Analytics Designer.