Rendering Tab of the Preferences Dialog Box
The following
sections describe the fields on this tab of the Preferences dialog
box.
Select or clear the
check boxes to enable or disable anti-aliasing of data labels, axis
text, or both. When you select the Axis check
box, the setting applies to axis labels and tick values. The settings
have no effect on titles and footnotes.
When you enable anti-aliasing,
the designer produces smooth-edged type by partially filling the edge
pixels. The following letters show the difference between anti-aliasing
and not anti-aliasing.
Anti-aliasing creates
higher quality graphs, but consumes more resources. For graphs with
a very large number of observations, this option can increase the
rendering time.
Note: These settings
have no effect when the graph is re-created in SAS by using the SGDESIGN
procedure.
Specify the maximum
number of values to display when a graph contains a group or a classification
variable. Select or enter the number for the group variable, the classification
variable, or both variables.
If a graph exceeds
the number that you specify, the designer issues a warning similar
to the one shown here. You can cancel the operation or continue and
override the preference setting.
You can also specify
the maximum number of observations in the data set to be rendered
by selecting or entering a different value in the
Size list box. If a data set exceeds the specified size,
a warning message is displayed. You can then cancel the operation
or continue and override the preference setting. The minimum value
you can enter is 1,000.
These limits are in
place to mitigate situations in which you select a very large data
set or a classifier variable that has a large number of levels, such
as a ZIP code that is used for a group variable.