Overview of Creating Plots

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Creating Plots

Lesson Overview

Introduction

SAS/GRAPH software enables you to display your data graphically. To create a variety of plots, you can use the GPLOT procedure within SAS/GRAPH software.

This lesson shows you how to create single plots and overlaid plots, then refine the plots by scaling axes, defining plotting symbols, and specifying methods of interpolating plotted points. You also learn different ways of viewing and storing graphs.

Single plot example.

This lesson contains 41 pages and takes approximately 60-90 minutes to complete.

Objectives

In this lesson, you learn how to

invoke the GPLOT procedure and name the data set to be used
request a plot and specify variables to be plotted
scale axes
select observations
overlay plots
define plotting symbols and the method of interpolation
view graphs using the GRAPH, Results, and Explorer windows
specify an output catalog and store graphs temporarily or permanently.

Prerequisites

Before taking this lesson, you should have completed the following lessons:
Introduction to SAS Programming

Working in the SAS Environment
Basic Concepts
Editing and Debugging SAS Programs
Setting Up Your SAS Session