Visualizing Categorical Data: panels

The panels macro ( get panels.sas)

Macro to display a set of plots in rectangular panels

For interactive use within the SAS Session Manager you should be aware that all plots are stored cumulatively in the graphics catalog throughout your session, unless explicitly changed with the GOUT= option in graphics procedures or macros To create multiple panelled plots you can use the FIRST= and LAST= parameters or a REPLAY= list to specify which plots are used in a given call.

Usage

  goptions hsize=7in vsize=5in;
  %gdispla(OFF);
  proc gplot data=mydata;
     plot y * x = group;
     by sex;
  %gdispla(ON);
  %panels(rows=1, cols=2);

Parameters

ROWS=

COLS=

The ROWS= and COLS= arguments are required, and specify the size of the array of plots to be displayed. These are the only required arguments.

PLOTS=

If there are fewer than &ROWS*&COLS plots, specify the number as the PLOTS= argument. Optionally, there can be an additional plot, which is displayed (as a GSLIDE title, for example) in the top nn% of the display, as specified by the TOP= argument.

TOP=

If TOP=nn is specified, the top nn% of the display is reserved for one additional panel, to serve as the plot title or annotation. The other panels are replayed in the bottom 100-&top percent of the display. The vertical size of the top panel is determined by the TOPHEIGHT= argument.

TOPNAME=

Specifies the plot name or number of the graph to be used as the top panel. If not specified, the macro uses the next graph after the last one from the GIN catalog used in filling the replay list, i.e., %eval(&last+&plots-1).

TOPHEIGHT=

Specifies the vertical size of the panel used to replay the top panel. If you use PROC GSLIDE to create an overall title for the graph, use the default TOPHEIGHT=100. If you want to use a graph rescaled to fit entirely within the top panel (i.e., with TOPHEIGHT=&TOP), that graph should be created with an aspect ratio to match the shape of the desired top panel; otherwise it will be deformed to fit.

ORDER=

The ORDER= argument specifies the order of the panels in the REPLAY= list, when REPLAY= is not specified. Typically, the panels are displayed across the columns, starting in the top row. ORDER=UP means that the panels in the bottom row are are drawn first, and numbered 1, 2, ..., &COLs. ORDER=DOWN means that the panels in the top row are drawn first, numbered 1, 2, ..., &COLs. If you add the keyword BYROWS to ORDER=, the panels are displayed up or down the rows. For example, when ROWS=3, COLS=5, ORDER=DOWN BYROWS generates the REPLAY= list as,

      replay=1:1  2:4  3:7  4:10  5:13
             6:2  7:5  8:8  9:11 10:14
            11:3 12:6 13:9 14:12 15:15

EQUATE=

The EQUATE= argument determines if the size of the panels is adjusted so that the aspect ratio of the plots is preserved. If EQUATE=Y, the size of each plot is adjusted to the maximum of &ROWS and &COLS. This is usually desired, as long as the graphic options HSIZE and VSIZE are the same when the plots are replayed in the panels template as when they were originally generated. The default is EQUATE=Y.

REPLAY=

The REPLAY= argument specifies the list of plots to be replayed in the constructed template, in one of the forms used with the PROC GREPLAY REPLAY statement, for example, REPLAY=1:1 2:3 3:2 4:4 or REPLAY=1:plot1 2:plot3 3:plot2 4:plot4. If TOP= is used for a top panel, that graph should be replayed in panel 0.

TEMPLATE=

The name of the template constructed to display the plots. The default is TEMPLATE=PANEL&ROWS.&COLS.

TC=

The name of the template catalog used to store the template. You may use a two-part SAS data set name to save the template permanently.

FIRST=

By default, the REPLAY= argument is constructed to replay plot i in panel i. If the REPLAY= argument is not specified, you can override this default assignment by specifying FIRST= the sequential number of the first graph in the graphics catalog to plot (default: FIRST=1), where:

>0

A positive integer means the absolute number of the first graph in the input catalog to be replayed. For example, FIRST=3 starts with the third graph.

<1

An integer less than 1 means the number of first graph relative to last graph in the input catalog (i.e. FIRST=0 means last graph only, FIRST=-1 means the first is the one before last, etc.)

LAST=

The LAST= parameter may be used to specify the number of the last graph in the input graphics catalog to be replayed. The default is LAST=0, which refers to the last plot in the graphics catalog. The LAST= value is interpreted as follows:

>0

A positive integer means the absolute number of last graph in the input catalog to be replayed. For example, LAST=4 ends with the fourth graph.

<1

An integer less than 1 means the number of last graph relative to last graph in the input catalog (i.e. LAST=0 means last graph only, LAST=-1 means to end with the one before last, etc.)

SHAPE=

Ordinarily, the graphs are replayed in a rectangular template (SHAPE=RECT), but for some applications graphs are generated as the lower or upper triangle of a square matrix, with or without the diagonal. Specify SHAPE= LOWTRI(D) or UPTRI(D) for these cases.

GIN=

GIN specifies the name of the input graphics catalog, from which the plots to be replayed are taken. The default is GIN=WORK.GSEG.

GOUT=

GOUT= specifies the name of the graphics catalog in which the panelled plot is stored. The default is GOUT=WORK.GSEG.

Notes

To use PANELS within another macro (such as SCATMAT), it is best to generate the individual graphs to a temporary graphics catalog rather than to the same catalog used for the replayed graphs.

The GREPLAY procedure does not allow a graph name to be assigned to the graph generated by by a TREPLAY or REPLAY statement.

Example

%include macros(panels);        *-- or include in an autocall library;

data test;
  drop i;
  do i=1 to 60;
     gp = 1 + mod(i,3);
     x1 = round( 100*uniform(0));
     x2 = round( 100*uniform(0)) + x1 - 50;
     x3 = round( 100*uniform(0)) - x1 + x2;
     x4 = round( 100*uniform(0)) + x1 - x3;
     output;
     end;
 
%let nv = 3;
*-- Don't display the individual panels;
goptions nodisplay gsfmode=none;

*-- Quick & dirty scatterplot matrix;
title  h=.1 '';
proc gplot data=test;
	plot (x1-x&nv) * (x1-x&nv) = gp 
		/ frame nolegend;
	symbol1 v=square   c=black i=rl;	
	symbol2 v=dot      c=red   i=rl;	
	symbol3 v=triangle c=blue  i=rl;	
run;

title   "A &nv x &nv display with the panels macro";
title2  "(with a subtitle too)";
proc gslide name='mytitle';
run;

goptions display gsfmode=append;

%panels (rows=&nv, cols=&nv, order=down, top=5, topname=mytitle);

See also