The
ODS Graphics Designer provides many options for designing graphs,
and your approach can vary from what is described here. In general
though, a typical design process might consist of the following steps:
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Create
a new graph. You can either create a blank graph or choose from the
Graph Gallery.
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Add a
plot to the graph by dragging a plot icon from the
Elements pane to the graph.
If you
choose a graph layout from the Graph Gallery, then your graph already
has one or more plots. You can add more plots or inset elements to
the graph.
You
cannot add plots to matrix graphs that you create from the
Matrix tab of the Graph Gallery.
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Assign
data to the plot. You are prompted to assign data when you create
a graph or when you add a plot to a graph.
For graphs
that are created from the Graph Gallery, placeholder
data is assigned to the various plot roles. You can change these assignments
as appropriate for your graph.
If you
want the graph to be a classification panel, then you can select the
classification variable(s).
For more information, see Creating a Classification Panel.
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You can
add cells (rows and columns) to the graph, and then add one or more
plots to the cells.
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Customize
the graph. Here are some of the changes that you can make:
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Change the graph’s
style, size, or background color.
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Change the visual attributes of
the plot, such as marker color, symbol, line color, and thickness.
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Change axis properties, including
grid lines.
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Add titles and footnotes to the
graph.
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Add or customize legends, which
can reside inside or outside of a cell.
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Add headers or text
to a cell.
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