Using Tables, Graphs, Gauges, Controls, and Other Report Objects :: SAS(R) Visual Analytics 6.2: User's Guide

After selecting your data source and data items, add one or more report objects to display the results. The SAS Visual Analytics Designer (the designer) provides report objects for all of your reports. (You can also select data after you add report objects to the canvas.) Report objects in the designer are grouped into these types on the Objects tab in the left pane and in the Insert menu: Tables, Graphs, Gauges, Controls, and Other.

The following table types are available in the designer:

list tables
crosstabs

For more information, see Using Tables to Display Results.

The following graph types are available in the designer:

bar charts
targeted bar charts
waterfall charts
line charts
pie charts
scatter plots
time series plots
bubble plots
treemaps
dual axis bar charts
dual axis line charts
dual axis bar-line charts
dual axis time series plot

For more information, see Using Graphs to Display Results.

The following gauges types are available in the designer:

bullet
slider
thermometer
dial
speedometer

For more information, see Using Gauges to Display Results.

The following control types are available in the designer:

drop-down lists
lists
button bars
text input fields
range sliders

For more information, see Using Controls to Display Results.

These other objects are also available in the designer:

text
image
stored processes
vertical containers
horizontal containers
geo bubble maps
geo region maps

For more information, see Using Other Object Types in Reports.

In the designer, you have access to report with report objects from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer (the explorer). You can open a histogram, heat map, box plot, or correlation matrix in a report that has been exported from the explorer. However, you cannot create new histograms, heat maps, box plots, or correlation matrices in the designer.