The TIMEPLOT Procedure

Example 3: Using a Variable for a Plotting Symbol

Procedure features:

ID statement

PLOT statement arguments:

	using a variable as the plotting symbol
	JOINREF
	NPP
	REF=
	REFCHAR=

Data set:

SALES

Formats:

MONTHFMT.

This example

specifies a variable to use as the plotting symbol to distinguish between points for each of two sales representatives
suppresses the printing of the values of the plot variable in the listing
draws a reference line to a specified value on the axis and specifies the character to use to draw the line
connects the leftmost and rightmost symbols on each line of the plot.

Program

libname proclib 'SAS-data-library';

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60 
        fmtsearch=(proclib);

proc timeplot data=sales;
   plot stove=seller /

npp

                       ref=1500 refchar=':'

                       joinref

                       axis=100 to 3000 by 50;

   id month week;

   format month monthfmt.;
   title 'Weekly Sales of Stoves';
   title2 'Compared to Target Sales of $1500';   
   title3 'K for Kreitz; L for LaGrange';
run;

Output

The plot uses the first letter of the value of Seller as the plotting symbol.

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