Tag: sas/graph

SAS 9.4 has a new way to send interactive graphs in email!

SAS 9.4 allows you to create html5 output with your graph inline (as part of the html), providing a great way to email your SAS/Graph output! Previously, if you used ods html and dev=png to create graphs, you had to deal with two files — a png file (…

Using SAS to track the spread of … Walmarts!

SAS has been used to track the spread of many things, such as wild animals, tornadoes, and money launderers — but this time I’m using it to track the spread of Walmart stores across the U.S. over time! Since its start in the 1960s, Walmart has grown …

What if Minard (or Napoleon) had a computer and digital maps

Many people today just use their computer to play Angry Birds or post pictures of their most recent meal on Facebook … but what would some of the great minds of the past have done with a computer?… For example, Charles Minard was creating impre…

Using transparent colors in SAS Graphs

This graph certainly makes it clear! I can see right through your lies! Clearly, you know what you’re talking about! We need more transparency in our organization! What was that all about, you might ask?!? … I was just getting all the obvious puns ou…

A beginner’s tutorial on … pie charts

There’s an old expression “easy as pie.”  Have you ever tried to bake a pie??? … It’s not so easy, LOL!  And neither is using pie charts correctly! 🙂 Below are several examples of different kinds of pie charts you can create with SAS/GRAPH. And at…

A beginner’s tutorial on … bar charts

Do you know how to create a bar chart using SAS, and when to use what kind of bar chart?!?  If the answer doesn’t come to you “easy as pie” then this blog is for you! Below are several examples of different kinds of bar charts you can create with SAS…

A beginner’s tutorial on … line plots

Do you know (right off the top of your head) the simple SAS/GRAPH code you would use to create line graphs? … If not, then this tutorial is for you! A line plot is basically a scatter plot where the markers are connected. A line plot should only be u…

A beginner’s tutorial on … scatter plots

Scatter plots are probably the simplest kind of graph, and provide a great way to visually look for relationships between two variables.  But, do you know (right off the top of your head) the simple SAS/GRAPH code you would use to create them? … Thi…