Fundamental ODS Graphics
Audience
Existing users of SAS language who wish to present graphics to publication quality, using the latest release of SAS software.
Attendees should expect to program with procedures and functionality specific to SAS 9.3 and newer.
Prerequisites
This course is intended for those who have previously attended the Amadeus SAS Fundamentals course or equivalent. Additionally we recommend that attendees have three months of regular SAS programming experience to gain the most benefit from this course.Objectives
After two days of instructor lead tuition attendees will be able to:
- Produce high quality graphical outputs with the following SAS/GRAPH procedures:
- SGPLOT
- SGSCATTER
- SGPANEL
- SGRENDER
- Customise the appearance of graphical outputs by controlling properties like axes, reference lines, legends and text
- Use the ODS Graphics Designer to build templates and render graphics
- Use ODS styles elements and attribute maps to customise the appearance of graphics
- Understand how to store graphics in various ODS destinations and file formats
- Work with statements in the Graph Template Language to customise the layout of graphics
Topics
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OG1: Introduction
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OG2: Introduction to Plots with the SGPLOT Procedure
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OG3: Producing Statistical Plots with the SGPLOT Procedure
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OG4: Controlling Plot Appearance and Attributes
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OG5: Creating Panelled Plots with the SGSCATTER and SGPANEL Procedures
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OG6: Graph Template Language and the SGRENDER Procedure
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OG7: Using the ODS Graphics Designer
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OG8: Using Graphs Created using ODS Graphics Designer
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OG9: Graphics and the Output Delivery System
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OG10: Comparison with Traditional SAS Graphics (Reference)

