SAS 9.4 Graph Template Language, 3rd Edition

Chapter 24

Managing Your Graphics Output

Introduction to ODS Graphics Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

SAS Registry Settings for ODS Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

ODS Destination Statement Options Affecting ODS Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

ODS GRAPHICS Statement Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Controlling the Image Name and Image Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Using the IMAGENAME= ODS Graphics Option to Control the Image Name . . 501

Using the OUTPUTFMT= ODS Graphics Option to Control the Image Format . 502

Using a Universal Printer with ODS LISTING to Control the Image Format . . . . 503

Resetting the Image Name and Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Controlling the Location of the Image Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Controlling Graph Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Overview of Graph Size Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

BEGINGRAPH Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Scaling Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Controlling Image Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Creating a Graph That Can Be Edited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Creating a Graph That You Can Import into Microsoft Office Applications . . . 516

Introduction to ODS Graphics Output

Whenever you run a program that creates ODS Graphics output, several details are

handled by default. Among them are the following:

• output file characteristics (file path and filename)

• image characteristics (format, name, DPI, size)

• ODS style used

• when anti-aliasing is used

• whether fonts and markers are scaled when graph size is changed

• whether the graph that is created can be edited

• whether data tips are produced

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