About the Graph Gallery

Overview of the Graph Gallery

The ODS Graphics Designer provides a gallery of predefined, commonly used plots. The Graph Gallery is organized into groups of graphs. Each group is represented as a tab in the gallery. The following display shows the default view of the graphs that are on the Basic tab.

Default View of the Graph Gallery

You can choose one of these predefined graphs as the basis for your graph. You can then customize your graph by adding titles, footnotes, legends, additional plots, and other items.

In addition to the predefined graphs, you can add your own custom graphs to the Graph Gallery. For instructions, see Add a Graph to the Graph Gallery.

Open and Use the Graph Gallery

If the gallery is not already displayed, you can open the gallery in any of the following ways:

Select FileNewFrom Graph Gallery. You typically use this command when you are ready to create a graph.
Select ViewGraph Gallery.
Click the View Graph Gallery icon in the toolbar.

After you open the gallery, you can open one of the graphs in the gallery. To open a graph, double-click the icon for the graph, or select an icon and then click OK.

Description of the Tabs in the Graph Gallery

The Graph Gallery organizes graphs into tabs. For example, the Grouped tab contains plots for data that has been grouped by a variable.

For graphs that are created from the Graph Gallery, placeholder data is assigned to the plot or plots in the graph. When you create your graph, you can change the data as appropriate.

Note: Before changing the data, you should ensure that your replacement data has been properly preprocessed for the plots in the gallery. Some plots require particular types of data. For example, in the Pareto graph on the Analytical tab, the series plot requires a variable that calculates a cumulative percent.

Here are the predefined tabs:

Predefined Tabs in the Graph Gallery

Tab	Description
Basic	Includes scatter plots, histograms, and other basic plots
Grouped	Includes plots for data that has been grouped by a variable
Analytical	Includes commonly used analytical graphs
Custom	Includes graphs that require custom data
Matrix	Includes various scatter plot matrices
Panels	Includes various types of classification panel graphs

You can add your own custom groups to the gallery. For more information, see Managing Graphs in the Graph Gallery.