SAS/QC Graphics

The following SAS/QC procedures produce graphical output:

The ISHIKAWA procedure (Chapter 8: The ISHIKAWA Procedure) provides an interactive environment for creating Ishikawa diagrams. This discussion applies to the other procedures, which generate graphical displays when you specify appropriate statements and options.

SAS/QC procedures can produce two types of graphical output^[1]:

Traditional graphics are saved in a graphics catalogs with entry type GRSEG, and their appearance is controlled by global statements such as the GOPTIONS, AXIS, and SYMBOL statements, which are described in SAS/GRAPH: Reference. In addition, SAS/QC procedures provide numerous options for controlling the appearance of traditional graphics. You must have a SAS/GRAPH^® license to produce traditional graphics.

Beginning with SAS 9.2, SAS/QC procedures can use ODS Statistical Graphics to create graphs. ODS Statistical Graphics (or ODS Graphics for short) is an extension to the Output Delivery System (ODS). Graphs are produced in standard image file formats (such as PNG) instead of graphics catalogs, and the details of their appearance and layout are controlled by ODS styles and templates rather than global statements and procedure options. Graphical output produced by SAS/QC procedures using ODS Graphics is consistent in appearance with graphical output produced by statistical procedures using ODS Graphics.

When ODS Graphics is enabled (for example, with the ODS GRAPHICS ON statement) SAS/QC procedures produce ODS Graphics output. Otherwise, they produce traditional graphics by default. Note: The following procedures do not support traditional graphics: