The TIMEPLOT Procedure

Example 5: Showing Multiple Observations on One Line of a Plot

Procedure features:

CLASS statement

PLOT statement arguments:

	creating multiple plots
	NOSYMNAME
	OVPCHAR=

Data set:

SALES

Formats:

MONTHFMT.

This example

groups observations for the same month and week so that sales for the two sales representatives for the same week appear on the same line of the plot
specifies a variable to use as the plotting symbol
suppresses the name of the plotting variable from one plot
specifies a size for the plots so that they both occupy the same amount of space.

Program

libname proclib 'SAS-library';

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60 
        fmtsearch=(proclib);

proc timeplot data=sales;
   class month week;

   plot stove=seller  / pos=25 ovpchar='!';
   plot icebox=seller / pos=25 ovpchar='!' nosymname;

   format stove icebox dollar10.2 month monthfmt.;

   title 'Weekly Appliance Sales for the First Quarter';
run;

Output

                  Weekly Appliance Sales for the First Quarter                 1

                Seller :Kreitz  Seller :LeGrange
   Month  Week           Stove             Stove      min                    max
                                                      $184.24          $2,910.37
                                                     *-------------------------*
January      1   $1,312.61         $728.13           |     L    K              |
January      2     $222.35         $184.24           |!                        |
January      3   $2,263.33         $267.35           | L                 K     |
January      4   $1,787.45         $274.51           | L             K         |
February     1   $2,910.37         $397.98           |  L                     K|
February     2     $819.69       $2,242.24           |      K            L     |
                                                     *-------------------------*

                  Weekly Appliance Sales for the First Quarter                 2

                        Kreitz          LeGrange
   Month  Week          Icebox            Icebox      min                    max
                                                      $2,520.04        $3,550.43
                                                     *-------------------------*
January      1   $3,450.94       $2,520.04           |L                      K |
January      2   $3,240.67       $2,675.42           |    L            K       |
January      3   $3,160.45       $2,805.35           |       L        K        |
January      4   $3,400.24       $2,870.61           |         L           K   |
February     1   $3,550.43       $2,730.09           |     L                  K|
February     2   $3,385.74       $2,670.93           |    L                K   |
                                                     *-------------------------*

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