ODS Style Templates
It is
often useful to create graphs with specific visual characteristics
that do not have to be hard coded into the GTL for every graph that
you create. For example, you might want to modify settings for the
following graph features:
Because
the default properties of nearly all GTL appearance-related options
are obtained from the current style (see Managing Graph Appearance: General Principles), modifying
an existing style is often the best way to enforce a certain look-and-feel
across many graphs.
Similar to graphics templates, ODS style templates are
stored in SAS item stores. All SAS-supplied styles are located in
the STYLES directory of the SASHELP.TMPLMST item store. Templates
can be viewed from the Templates window (ODSTEMPLATE
command). The template source can be viewed by opening any template.
Although an ODS style can be
constructed from scratch, you will find it much simpler to identify
a style that is fairly close to what you want and make limited changes
to it. The following styles are recommended starting points.
