| Creating Plots |
| Using RUN-Group
Processing |
| At this point, you've learned a number of ways to enhance plots. When you are modifying your SAS/GRAPH output, you can also take advantage of RUN-group processing. This means that when running in interactive mode, you can submit additional statements to enhance your output without resubmitting the PROC step that created it. |
Let's look at an example to see how this works. Suppose
you submit the following program to create a plot with unconnected triangles
as plotting symbols.
symbol1 value=triangle interpol=none color=black;
proc gplot data=clinic.totals2000;
plot newadmit*month;
run;
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| After you create the plot, you decide to change the way
plotting symbols are represented. Instead of resubmitting the entire PROC
GPLOT step, you can submit only a new SYMBOL statement, along with a RUN
statement that causes the SYMBOL statement to execute.
When you submit the following statements, the last action statement submitted (in this case, the PLOT statement) re-executes and re-creates the output with the plotting symbols revised. symbol1 value=square interpol=spline
height=1 cm width=2.5 color=red;
run;
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To end the procedure, you must submit another PROC step,
a DATA step, or a QUIT statement (shown below).
quit;
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Not all procedures support RUN-group processing, and implementation varies. For more information, see SAS/GRAPH Software: Reference. |
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