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ODS Style Elements

Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Graphics

Device-based graphics are all SAS/GRAPH output where there is a user-specified or default device (DEVICE= option) that controls certain aspects of the graphical output. Supplied device drivers are stored in the SASHELP.DEVICES catalog. Examples of devices drivers are SASPRTC, GIF, WIN, ACTIVEX, PDF, and SVG. Common SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce device-based graphics are GPLOT, GCHART, and GMAP. Most device-based graphics produce produce a GRSEG catalog entry as output and use the GOPTIONS statement to control the graphical environment.

For complete documentation on the style attributes that can be specified in each style element, see Style Attributes Overview.

Note:   These style elements affect device-based graphics only when the GSTYLE system option is in effect (this is is the default for SAS 9.2). If the NOGSTYLE system option is specified, graphs do not use any style information. For more information about the GSTYLE system option, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.  [cautionend]

Device-Based Graph Style Elements: General Graph Appearance
Style Element Portion of Graph Affected Recognized Attributes Attribute Values in DEFAULT Style
DropShadowStyle Used with text types Color GraphColors("gshadow")
Graph Graph size and outer border appearance OutputWidth

OutputHeight

BorderColor

BorderWidth

CellPadding

CellSpacing

Not set

Not set

Inherited

Inherited

0

Inherited

GraphAxisLines X, Y, and Z axis lines Color

LineStyle

LineThickness

GraphColors("gaxis")

1

1px

GraphBackground Background of the graph Transparency

BackgroundColor

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackgroundImage

Image

VerticalAlign

TextAlign

Not set

Colors("docbg")

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphBorderLines Border around graph wall, legend border, borders to complete axis frame Color

LineThickness

LineStyle

GraphColors("gborderlines")

1px

1

GraphCharts All charts within the graph Transparency

BackgroundColor

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackgroundImage

Image

VerticalAlign

TextAlign

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphDataText Text font and color for point and line labels Font or font-attributes*

Color

GraphFonts("GraphDataFont")

Not set

GraphColors("gtext")

GraphFloor 3D floor BackgroundColor

Transparency

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackgroundImage

Image

VerticalAlign

TextAlign

GraphColors("gfloor")

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphFootnoteText Text font and color for footnotes Font or font-attributes*

Color

GraphFonts("GraphFootnoteFont")

Not set

GraphColors("gtext")

GraphGridLines Horizontal and vertical grid lines drawn at major tick marks Color

LineStyle

LineThickness

Transparency

displayopts

GraphColors("ggrid")

1

1px

.5

"Auto"

GraphGridLines Horizontal and vertical grid lines drawn at major tick marks Color

LineStyle

LineThickness

Transparency

displayopts

GraphColors("ggrid")

1

1px

.5

"Auto"

GraphLegendBackground Background color of the legend Color

Transparency

Colors("glegend")

Not set

GraphOutlines Outline properties for fill areas such as bars, pie slices, and box plots. Color

LineStyle

LineThickness

GraphColors("goutlines")

1

1px

GraphTitleText Text font and color for titles Font or font-attributes*

Color

GraphFonts("GraphTitleFont")

Not set

GraphColors("gtext")

GraphValueText Text font and color for axis tick values and legend values Font or font-attributes*

Color

GraphFonts("GraphValueFont")

Not set

GraphColors("gtext")

GraphWalls Vertical walls bounded by axes Transparency

BackgroundColor

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackgroundImage

Image

Not set

GraphColors("gwalls")

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

* Font-attributes can be one of the following: FONTFAMILY=, FONTSIZE=, FONTSTYLE=, FONTWEIGHT=.

Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Non-Grouped Graphical Data Representation
Style Element Portion of Graph Affected Default Attributes Attribute Values in DEFAULT Style
ThreeColorAltRamp Line contours, markers, and data labels with segmented range color response StartColor

NeutralColor

EndColor

GraphColors("gconramp3start")

GraphColors("gconramp3cneutral")

GraphColors("gconramp3end")

ThreeColorRamp Gradient contours, surfaces, markers, nad data labels with continuous color response StartColor

NeutralColor

EndColor

GraphColors("gramp3cstart")

GraphColors("gramp3cneutral")

GraphColors("gramp3cend")

TwoColorAltRamp Line contours, markers, and data labels with segmented range color response StartColor

EndColor

GraphColors("gconramp2cstart")

GraphColors("gconramp2cend")

TwoColorRamp Gradient contours, surfaces, markers, and data labels with continuous color response StartColor

EndColor

GraphColors("gramp2cstart")

GraphColors("gramp2cend")

Style Elements Affecting Device-Based Grouped Graphical Data Representation
Style Element Portion of Graph Affected Default Attributes Attribute Values in DEFAULT Style
GraphData1 Primitives related to 1st grouped data items. Color applies to filled areas. ContrastColor applies to markers and lines. Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata1")

GraphColors("gcdata1")

"Circle"

1

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData2 Primitives related to 2nd grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata2")

GraphColors("gcdata2")

"Plus"

4

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData3 Primitives related to 3rd grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata3")

GraphColors("gcdata3")

"X"

8

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData4 Primitives related to 4th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata4")

GraphColors("gcdata4")

"triangle"

5

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData5 Primitives related to 5th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata5")

GraphColors("gcdata5")

"square"

14

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData6 Primitives related to 6th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata6")

GraphColors("gcdata6")

"Asterisk"

26

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData7 Primitives related to 7th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata7")

GraphColors("gcdata7")

"Diamond"

15

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData8 Primitives related to 8th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata8")

GraphColors("gcdata8")

Not set

20

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData9 Primitives related to 9th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata9")

GraphColors("gcdata9")

Not set

41

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData10 Primitives related to 10th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata10")

GraphColors("gcdata10")

Not set

42

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData11 Primitives related to 11th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata11")

GraphColors("gcdata11")

Not set

2

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

GraphData12 Primitives related to 12th grouped data items Color

ContrastColor

MarkerSymbol

LineStyle

MarkerSize

LineThickness

Gradient_Direction

StartColor

EndColor

BackGroundImage

Image

GraphColors("gdata12")

GraphColors("gcdata12")

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

Not set

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