Usage Note 42604: Using the ODS Graphics Designer with SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.3
The ODS Graphics Designer is an interactive graphical application that you can use to design and create custom graphs.
If you have SAS® Enterprise Guide 4.3 and SAS/GRAPH® for the third maintenance release of SAS® 9.2 (TS2M3) installed on the same machine, you can invoke the ODS Graphics Designer from SAS Enterprise Guide.
The Download tab contains two files:
- README contains the instructions on how to enable the ODS Graphics Designer from SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3.
- DLL is the DLL file referenced in the README file.
After the DLL file (fusion_42604_2_sas.dll) has been downloaded, rename the file to
SAS.Tasks.SGDesigner.dll.
The ODS Graphics Designer currently only works with permanent data sets that are available when the SAS Enterprise Guide session is started. In order for your data sets to be available when you open the ODS Graphics Designer, you need to do the following:
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Find the SASV9.CFG file. This file is located in the !SASROOT\nls\en directory, where !SASROOT is your default SAS installation directory.
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Locate the -SASUSER command. This statement should look something like this if you are running SAS on the PC:
-SASUSER "?CSIDL_PERSONAL\My SAS Files\9.3"
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Add the directory there the permanent data sets are located in double quotes and enclose both of the directories in parenthesis. For example:
-SASUSER ("?CSIDL_PERSONAL\My SAS Files\9.3" "c:\temp")
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Invoke SAS Enterprise Guide.
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The permanent data sets should be populated in the SASUSER directory when the ODS Graphics Designer is invoked.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows Vista | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.3 | | 9.2 TS2M3 | |
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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.
This note describes how to use the ODS Graphics Designer with SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.3.
| Date Modified: | 2011-03-04 14:39:58 |
| Date Created: | 2011-03-04 10:40:38 |
