SAS
Visual Analytics Graph Builder (the graph builder) enables you to
create custom graph objects, which then become available in the SAS
Visual Analytics Designer (the designer) for use in reports.
You can create custom
graph objects for all graph types that are used in the designer. In
your custom graph object, you can change the layout, add new graph
elements, modify roles, change the visual properties, and so on. Your
custom graph object is displayed under the
Custom heading
on the designer's
Objects tab.
For more information,
see Save a Custom Graph Object So It Appears in the Designer. You do not associate real data with the graph objects in the graph builder. Rather,
you build graph objects or templates using
sample data that is shipped with the graph builder. Report designers assign data when they include
your graph objects in their reports.
The graph objects that
you build have a consistent appearance that is compatible with the
designer’s graph objects. The graph builder enables you to
produce a wide array of graph objects with more options for layouts
and visual properties. Using the graph objects that you build, report
designers can create simple or complex graphical views of their data.
You can do the following
in the graph builder:
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drag and drop graph elements onto the canvas. Graph elements include the plots and charts that
are available from the
Graph Elements pane.
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use a gallery of predefined graph
objects as templates from which you can build and customize custom
graph objects.
For more information,
see About the Graph Template Gallery.
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combine and arrange the graph elements as needed. For example, you can layer multiple
graph elements in a cell, create a
lattice of cells in rows and columns, or combine these layouts.
There are two types
of lattice graphs:
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A
data-driven lattice is a
multi-cell graph in which the cell data is determined by the values of one or more class variables.
The number of cells is determined by the unique values of the class variables. Each
cell of the lattice has the same graph elements. However, these graph elements have
different values
of the class variables.
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A
user-defined lattice is a multi-cell graph in which you create each cell independently. Each cell can
contain different types
of plots.
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determine and configure which data
roles become available for assignment.
For more information,
see Working with Roles.
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specify the visual attributes of
the graph elements. You can specify properties for the graph, the
graph cells, for individual graph elements, for the axes, and for
legends.
For more information,
see Working with Properties.