In the ODS Graphics templates that SAS provides, options for plot features are
specified with a style reference in the form style-element:attribute, rather than a
specific value. For example, the symbol, color, and size of markers for a basic scatter
plot is specified in a SCATTERPLOT statement as follows:
scatterplot x=X y=Y /
markersymbol=GraphDataDefault:markersymbol
markercolor=GraphDataDefault:contrastcolor
markersize=GraphDataDefault:markersize
The above style references guarantee a common appearance for markers used in all
basic scatter plots. For non-grouped data, the marker appearance is controlled by the
GraphDataDefault style element in the style template that you specify.
In order to create your own style template, or to modify a ...