Problem Note 16615: BY-group processing might be ignored for an annotate data set
BY-group processing for an annotate data set might be ignored when two annotate data sets are referenced from a single procedure. The static annotate data set referenced by the ANNOTATE= option on the PROC statement correctly displays all of its graphics elements. The conditional annotate data set referenced by the ANNOTATE= option on the action statement of the procedure ignores the BY statement and incorrectly generates all of its graphics elements instead of subsetting by the current BY-group variable value.
BY-group processing is honored by the conditional annotate data set referenced from the action statement of the procedure when the static annotate data set is not referenced on the PROC statement.
To circumvent the problem, either combine the two annotate data sets and reference a single annotate data set from the action statement of the procedure, or reference the two annotate data sets and use a subsetting WHERE statement in a macro %DO loop to simulate BY-group processing.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/GRAPH | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
BY-group processing might be ignored for an annotate data set.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Query and Reporting ==> Creating Reports ==> Graphical ==> Graph Elements ==> Annotation
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| Date Modified: | 2005-12-01 17:07:13 |
| Date Created: | 2005-12-01 17:07:13 |
