About Report Objects

After selecting your data source and data items, add one or more report objects to display the results. The SAS Visual Analytics Designer (the designer) provides report objects for all of your reports. (You can also select data after you add report objects to the canvas.) Report objects in the designer are grouped into types on the Objects tab in the left pane and in the Insert menu: Tables, Graphs, Gauges, Controls, Containers, Other, and Custom. Custom is displayed only if one or more custom graphs are saved in your My Folder location or if custom graphs are selected in the Show or Hide Objects window. For more information, see Show or Hide Report Objects in the Objects Tab.
For a definition and a picture of each report object, see Gallery of Report Objects.
The following table lists the available table objects:
Icon
Table Type
list table icon
List Table
crosstab icon
Crosstab
The following table lists the default graph objects:
Icon
Graph Type
bar chart icon
Bar Chart
targeted bar chart icon
Targeted Bar Chart
waterfall chart icon
Waterfall Chart
line chart
Line Chart
pie chart icon
Pie Chart
scatter plot icon
Scatter Plot
time series plot
Time Series Plot
bubble plot icon
Bubble Plot
treemap icon
Treemap
dual axis bar chart icon
Dual Axis Bar Chart
dual axis line chart icon
Dual Axis Line Chart
dual axis bar-line chart icon
Dual Axis Bar-Line Chart
dual axis time series chart icon
Dual Axis Time Series Plot
Note: You can display the additional graph objects using the Show or Hide Objects window. For more information, see Show or Hide Report Objects in the Objects Tab. The additional graph objects are displayed in the gallery in the graph builder.
The following table lists the available controls:
Icon
Control Type
drop-down list icon
Drop-down List
list icon
List
button bar icon
Button Bar
text input icon
Text Input
slider icon
Slider
The following table lists the available containers:
Icon
Container Type
vertical container icon
Vertical Container
horizontal container icon
Horizontal Container
stack container icon
Stack Container
prompt container icon
Prompt Container
The following table lists the other report objects:
Icon
Other Type
text icon
Text
image icon
Image
stored process icon
Stored Process
geo bubble map icon
Geo Bubble Map
geo coordinate map icon
Geo Coordinate Map
geo region map icon
Geo Region Map
gauge icon
Gauge
word cloud icon
Word Cloud
Report objects of the Custom type are created using the graph builder. They are identified by the Custom Graph Template icon. For more information, see Using Custom Graphs to Display Results.
In the designer, you have access to report objects from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer (the explorer). You can open a histogram, heat map, box plot, or correlation matrix in a report that has been exported from the explorer. However, you cannot create new histograms, heat maps, box plots, or correlation matrices in the designer.