You can customize the symbols on graphs that you generate with the SGPLOT procedure by using the SYMBOLCHAR and SYMBOLIMAGE statements. These statements are available beginning in the first maintenance release of SAS^® 9.4 (TS1M1).

The sample code on the Full Code tab illustrates how to specify a custom symbol using the SYMBOLCHAR statement. Custom symbols are defined as Unicode values. A list of valid Unicode values can be found here.

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data temperatures;
   input Day : $9. High Low Forecast $7.;
   datalines;
Monday 73 61 Cloudy
Tuesday 76 60 Showers
Wednesday 79 59 Sunny
Thursday 80 60 Sunny
Friday 79 64 Showers
Saturday 73 63 Cloudy
Sunday 75 64 Showers
;
run; 

data myattrmap;
   input id $ value $ markercolor $ markersymbol $;
   datalines;
myid Cloudy grey cloud
myid Sunny orange sun
myid Showers blue umbrella
;
run;

proc sgplot data=temperatures dattrmap=myattrmap;
   title 'Temperatures in Cary, NC';
   title2 'The Week of September 1';
   highlow x=day low=low high=high / lineattrs=(color=biyg thickness=20pt);
   scatter x=day y=high / markerattrs=(size=25pt) attrid=myid group=forecast;
   symbolchar name=Cloud  char='2601'x / voffset=.25;
   symbolchar name=Sun char='2600'x / voffset=.25;
   symbolchar name=Umbrella char='2602'x / voffset=.25;
   xaxis label='Day of the Week';
   xaxistable high / valueattrs=(size=9pt weight=bold)location=inside;
   xaxistable low / valueattrs=(size=9pt weight=bold) location=inside;
run;

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