Usage Note 37185: General information about the ODS Graphics Designer in SAS/GRAPH® 9.2
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- How is the ODS Graphics Designer invoked?
The ODS Graphics Designer is invoked by submitting the following statement from the SAS Program Editor:
%sgdesign;
The ODS Graphics Designer opens in a separate window.
- Where is this macro installed?
The macro is installed in the following directory:
!sasext0\graph\sasmacro\sgdesign.sas - In what version of SAS/GRAPH is the ODS Graphics Designer available?
The ODS Graphics Designer is available as preproduction beginning with SAS 9.2 Phase 2 (TS2M0). The following note is issued in the SAS Log when the ODS Graphics Designer is invoked:
Note: This is a preproduction version of SAS/GRAPH: ODS Graphics Designer.
The ODS Graphics Designer is production in the third maintenance release of SAS 9.2 (TS2M3).
- Which operating systems support the ODS Graphics Designer?
The ODS Graphics Designer is currently supported on Microsoft Windows and UNIX operating systems.
- How can customers obtain the ODS Graphics Designer?
The ODS Graphics Designer is automatically installed with SAS/GRAPH software.
- What file formats are available when saving a graph?
You can save the image or the ODS Graphics Designer file as an SGD file that you can later edit with the Designer. You can also save the image as a TIF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, or PNG file format, as well as an HTML file or a PostScript file.
- How can a graph be saved in the Graph Gallery for later viewing?
Select File ► Save in Graph Gallery to save a graph in the Graph Gallery. This also creates a SGN file, which is the icon file (PNG). This file is saved separately every time the SGD file is saved.
- How can you view the source code that is used to create a graph with the ODS Graphics Designer?
Select View ► Code
- How can you save the source code that is used to create a graph with the ODS Graphics Designer?
Select File ► Save as...
- How can you render a graph that has been saved as an SGD file?
proc sgdesign sgd='sgd-file-name'; run;
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/GRAPH ODS Graphics Designer | Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Type: | Usage Note |
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| Date Modified: | 2009-09-18 15:27:21 |
| Date Created: | 2009-09-15 19:52:00 |