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SAS/GRAPH software
| Date | Title | File Size |
| May 2012 | Using SAS/GRAPH® to Create Visualizations That Also Support Tactile and Auditory Interaction
(PDF)
This paper demonstrates best practices for multimodal visualizations for blind users of the iPad and other touchscreen mobile devices. |
380 KB |
| May 2012 | Together at Last: Spatial Analysis and SAS® Mapping (PDF)
This paper introduces a new framework that combines SAS spatial analytics with SAS mapping. Examples demonstrate how to use the SAS/GRAPH® Annotate facility with the transparency specification (new in SAS® 9.3) to combine a predicted spatial surface with traditional SAS/GRAPH® maps. It also demonstrates how to tap into the additional mapping resources of ESRI software through the SAS® Bridge for ESRI. |
530 KB |
| May 2010 | Google Maps and SAS/GRAPH® (PDF)
This paper introduces a tool and shows you how to create your own Google Maps from within SAS and SAS/GRAPH. |
712 KB |
| May 2010 | Customize Your SAS® Enterprise Guide® Graphs for a More Professional Look (PDF)
This paper explores some tips and techniques that use the detailed capabilities in SAS Enterprise Guide to customize your graphs. |
1019 KB |
| May 2010 | PROC GEOCODE: Now with Street-Level Geocoding (PDF)
This paper discusses both geocoding and geolocating using PROC GEOCODE. |
295 KB |
| March 2009 | Tips and Tricks IV: More SAS/GRAPH® Map Secrets (PDF)
This paper shares the secrets to allow you to exploit the power of SAS/GRAPH maps. Get the maps you really want with PROC GMAP! This paper demonstrates how to do this using both existing functionality and new SAS® 9.2 functionality. |
420.5 KB |
| March 2009 | SAS Tile Charts: Thousands of Business Tips with One Click (PDF)
This paper outlines the capabilities and business uses of the SAS tile chart. The SAS tile chart looks like the landscape of Kansas when viewed from a window seat on your favorite airline, but its effective use of the color, size, and data tips in a hierarchical grid communicates important business intelligence information. |
613 KB |
| March 2009 | PROC GEOCODE: Creating Map Locations from Your Data (PDF)
This paper examines using PROC GEOCODE to convert your address information into map locations. |
235 KB |
| March 2008 | How to Add a Little Spice to Your PDF Output (PDF)
Topics in this paper include how to apply new styles, the new SAS/GRAPH interaction, how to scale background images, how to use new fonts and Unicode characters, and much more, including a brief discussion of ODS layout. |
270 KB |
| March 2008 | Introduction to the Graph Template Language (PDF)
The Graph Template Language (GTL) is used by many SAS analytical procedures to create the automatic graphical output within the Output Delivery System (ODS). This presentation helps you understand the basics of GTL, and how you can leverage its features to customize your graphs. |
409 KB |
| March 2008 | Enhancements to SAS/GRAPH Software in SAS 9.2 (PDF)
This paper covers the key functionalities that have been added to SAS/GRAPH 9.2. |
1.0 MB |
| March 2008 | Modernize Your Business Reports Using ODS and SAS/GRAPH: A Case Study from SAS 8.2
to SAS 9.2 (PDF)
This paper provides an example of business reports using Base SAS and SAS/GRAPH procedures and ODS in the three releases, highlighting improved quality of the reports and increasing ease of use. |
659 KB |
| December 2006 | Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output for Inclusion in Web Pages and Other
Software Applications (PDF) This paper covers the basic process for creating image files directly through a SAS/GRAPH program in SAS 9.1.3. Image types addressed in this paper include EMF, CGM, EPS, GIF, PNG, ActiveX, and PostScript. This paper also illustrates how those image files can be inserted into other software applications and Web pages. |
909 KB |
| February 2005 | TS-674: An Introduction to Exporting SAS/Graph Output to Microsoft Office | 116 KB |
| April 2004 | TS-698: Storing Graphs Generated with BY-Group Processing in Separate Files | 127 KB |
| March 2003 | TS-688: Defining Colors using Hex Values | 117 KB |
| February 2002 | TS-672: Maps and Data Sets Supplied with SAS/GIS Software | 29 KB |
| September 2001 | TS-659: Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output to PDF Files | 30 KB |
| May 2001 | TS-652: Using the SYSPRINTFONT Option with the Universal Printer in Version 8.2 | 20 KB |
| April 2001 | TS 651: Device Drivers Removed from SASHELP.DEVICES Catalog in SAS/GRAPH Version 8.2 | 58 KB |
| February 2000 | TS-602: Compatibility Document for the ACTIVEX Device Driver | 92 KB |
| April 1999 | TS-604: Producing errorbars on a vertical or horizontal bar chart using PROC GCHART | 5 KB |
| November 1999 | TS-601: Compatibility Document for the JAVA Device Driver | 91 KB |
| March 1997 | TS-519: Spooling Mainframe Sas/Graph Output To Ascii Printers | 40 KB |
| October 1996 | TS-517: The SAS Windowing Environment on IBM Mainframes | 31 KB |
| Mar 1996 | TS-499: When I Replay Three Graphs into a Template, They Appear Distorted. How Can I Correct This Distortion? | 5 KB |
| February 1997 | TS-497: Creating a Graphics Stream File (GSF) on the Mainframe Suitable for Downloading to a PC | 4 KB |
| December 1997 | TS-476: How can I replay four charts on a page and have a single title at the top of the page and a single footnote at the bottom of the page? | 7 KB |
| January 1995 | TS-426: How can I automatically update a permanent catalog with a new graph when I create the graph? | 5 KB |
| December 1997 | TS-422: Using Programming Techniques with PROC GPLOT to Display Multiple Scales and Label Plot Points | 10 KB |
| December 1997 | TS-421: How can I place two charts on a page with a single title? | 7 KB |
| April 1997 | TS-050: Probability Plotting | 3 KB |
SAS/GRAPH software and SAS ODS Graphics
| Date | Title | File Size |
| May 2012 | At the Crossroads: How to Decide on Your Graphics Path (PDF)
With the ODS Graphics capability as part of Base SAS® in SAS® 9.3, many users find themselves trying to decide what path to follow—the traditional SAS/GRAPH path or the new ODS Graphics path. This paper helps you make an informed decision and is intended for the SAS programmer or SAS® Enterprise Guide® user. |
714 KB |
| April 2011 | Now You Can Annotate Your Statistical Graphics Procedure Graphs (PDF)
This paper explains how to add custom labeling or other graphical features directly to your statistical graphics procedure output by using the new annotation support in the SAS® 9.3 statistical graphics procedures. |
981 KB |
| November 2009 | Modifying ODS Statistical Graphics Templates in SAS® 9.2 (PDF)
With the release of SAS 9.2, over sixty statistical procedures use ODS Statistical Graphics to produce graphs as automatically as they produce tables. This paper reviews the basics of ODS Statistical Graphics and focuses on programming techniques for modifying the default graphs. |
1.89 MB |
| March 2009 | Secrets of the SG Procedures (PDF)
The SAS/GRAPH® SG procedures provide an extensive set of plots and supporting statements to create common graphs. This paper presents techniques that enable you to create many of the specialized graphs that you need in your industry. |
1.06 MB |
| March 2009 | Clinical Trial Reporting Using SAS/GRAPH® SG Procedures (PDF)
Clinical laboratory results need to be presented within the context of acceptable limits, and subtle changes over time must be highlighted. This paper shows, by example, how you can easily create graphs for this purpose using the SAS/GRAPH® SG procedures. |
967.3 KB |
| March 2008 | Effective Graphics Made Simple Using SAS/GRAPH SG Procedures (PDF)
The goal of graph creators should be to convey the information that is contained in the data as clearly and concisely as possible. Many factors can affect clarity, including poor choice of chart type, clutter in the chart, and poor choice of style attributes. |
1.13 MB |
SAS ODS Graphics
| Date | Title | File Size |
| October 2012 | Quick Results with SAS® ODS Graphics Designer (PDF)
ODS Graphics Designer is a new interactive application released with the third maintenance release for SAS 9.2 as part of the SAS/GRAPH product. The designer is based on Graph Template Language (GTL). This paper takes you step-by-step through the features of the application. |
900 KB |
| May 2012 | Off the Beaten Path: Create Unusual Graphs with GTL (Graph Template Language) (PDF)
This paper covers many tricks and tips to create unique graphs that grab the reader's attention, and also deliver the information effectively. Learn how to stretch the boundaries of what is possible with ODS Graphics. |
1.51 MB |
| April 2011 | Tips and Tricks for Clinical Graphs using ODS Graphics (PDF)
This presentation includes tips and tricks you can use in statistical graphica procedures and graph template language programs to build your graphs. Most examples use the second maintenance release of SAS® 9.2, and also includes a sneak preview of some powerful new features to be released with SAS® 9.3. |
1009 KB |
| August 2011 | An Overview of ODS Statistical Graphics in SAS® 9.3 (PDF)
This paper presents the essential information you need to get started with ODS Graphics in SAS 9.3. |
2.39 MB |
| April 2011 | Introduction to ODS Graphics for the Non-Statistician (PDF)
This presentation illustrates how to use Base® SAS procedures and new statistical graphics procedures (in particular, SGPLOT and SGPANEL) in SAS/GRAPH® to produce simple plots and bar charts. |
2.04 MB |
| February 2011 | ODS Graphics Designer: An Interactive Tool for Creating Batchable Graphs (PDF)
This paper discusses the new ODS Graphics Designer application, which provides an interactive process for creating effective graphs. |
1.25 MB |
| May 2010 | The Graph Template Language and the Statistical Graphics Procedures:An Example-Driven Introduction
(PDF)
This paper provides a gentle, parallel, and example-driven introduction to the graph template language and the statistical graphics procedures. |
541 KB |
| May 2010 | Creating Presentation-Quality ODS Graphics Output (PDF)
This paper discusses effective graphics principles, style control, resolution control, and presentation medium considerations. |
809 KB |
| March 2010 | Clinical Graphs using ODS Graphics (PDF)
This paper describes how to use ODS graphics to create standard graphs for the Health and Life Sciences industry. |
1.34 MB |
| August 2009 | Getting Started with ODS Statistical Graphics in SAS® 9.2—Revised 2009 (PDF)
This paper presents the essential information you need to get started with ODS Graphics in SAS 9.2. |
3.22 MB |
| March 2008 | Introduction to the Graph Template Language (PDF) The Graph Template Language (GTL) is used by many SAS analytical procedures to create the automatic graphical output within the Output Delivery System (ODS). This presentation helps you understand the basics of GTL, and how you can leverage its features to customize your graphs. |
410 KB |
