SAS ODS Graphics Designer by Example

Chapter 2: Using the Designer

Start the Designer

Designer Graphical User Interface

Menus and Toolbar

Graph Gallery

Elements Pane: Plots and Insets

Right-Click Pop-Up Menus

Create a Graph

Graph Terminology

Basic Concepts and Task Workflow

Graph Types and Layouts

Parameters Available for the SGDESIGN Macro

Start the Designer

The SAS ODS Graphics Designer (the designer) is included with SAS 9.2 Phase 2 and later.

To start the application in the SAS windowing environment, do either of the following:

SAS Release	Start the Designer
9.2 Phase 2	Submit the following macro from the SAS program window:       %sgdesign();
9.3 and 9.4	Submit the previous macro or select Tools ► ODS Graphics Designer.

The designer opens in a separate window.