If you’re into data visualization, here’s something that might interest you – a free eBook showing several ways to use SAS to visually analyze your data. (Did I mention it’s FREE?!?!) We’ve picked juicy chapters from several books and upcoming books (a…
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Plotting markers on a map at zip code locations, using GMap or SGplot
Users frequently ask how to plot their data as markers on a map. There are several ways to do this using SAS software. If you’re a Visual Analytics user, you can do it using a point-and-click interface. But if you’re a coder, you might need a little he…
Bringing the heat! – Creating heat maps with proc sgplot …
If you’re a fan of SAS’ ODS Graphics, you probably know that it does pretty much everything except geographical maps. But it’s flexible enough that you can “fake it ’till you make it”! This example describes how to fake a geographical (choropleth) heat…
How to create a ‘pretty’ map with Proc SGplot
If you give an artist some tools, they can create a pretty picture. Sure, they might have a preferred tool – but they can probably do a pretty decent job no matter what you give them (paint, colored pencils, watercolor, charcoal, etc). And creating pre…
What’s your next move? (analytics for a chess tournament)
The NC Scholastic Chess Championship is coming up this weekend, and my buddy Michael Thomas asked if I might could create a few graphs to help analyze the event data. How could I pass up an opportunity like that?!?! Read along, and find out what graphs…
How to add roads to your SAS maps
Have you been using the SAS/Graph Gmap procedure to plot your data on maps for years, but never knew you could add roads to your maps?!? Follow along in this blog post, and I’ll teach you how… But before we get started, here’s a picture of a nice aer…
A few (hundred) SAS graphs to choose from!…
I’ve created several hundred SAS graphs over the years. I was just musing to myself this morning how nicely Google lets me peruse through images of my graphs. And I thought some of you might also like to know how to do that… Most of you know how to search for keywords […]
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Can you name all the SAS colors?
Anybody can come up with a list of simple colors, such as red, green, and blue. If you’re a bit more color savvy, you might even throw in indigo, magenta, and fuchsia. But what about more obscure names such as cornsilk, mistyrose, and midnightblue? This blog post will help you […]
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