Anything Anywhere All At Once: Output Graphs, Tables, and Text As Any Composite You Wish
SAS® ODS Graphics is unlimiting and empowering. You can put anything anywhere on the page for a composite. Divide the display area however you wish, and embed whatever suits your communication objective: graphs, tables, text, photos, logos, etc. Your output can be a standalone image, or programmatically imbedded in HTML5, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF. You can make an infographic, anything visual.
One of the key design principles in my book “Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization” is to deliver not only a visual for quick and easy interpretation of the data, but also its precise values for unambiguous and correct understanding of the data. It provides a variety of ways to do that in hundreds of examples, but for some situations a composite of visual and table is the only solution. This tutorial based on Chapter 13 in the book gets you started with learning how to build ANY composite you need, not just its example of two visuals, two tables, with their titles as well as a common title and common footnote for the package.
One of the key design principles in my book “Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization” is to deliver not only a visual for quick and easy interpretation of the data, but also its precise values for unambiguous and correct understanding of the data. It provides a variety of ways to do that in hundreds of examples, but for some situations a composite of visual and table is the only solution. This tutorial based on Chapter 13 in the book gets you started with learning how to build ANY composite you need, not just its example of two visuals, two tables, with their titles as well as a common title and common footnote for the package.
My Graphic Inventions: You Can Do These, Too
These creations are unlike anything else out there. Others are derivatives to do the job differently and/or better. All Expand The Possible. This paper presents excerpts from my book “Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization”, a book for which there is no substitute. There, 48 principles for graphic design and 23 for wise color use are illustrated with 327 examples—that span EVERY type of chart or plot you can do with the SAS graphics superpower tool.
Examples are designed for easy and quick interpretation, precise and unambiguous information whenever possible (not guessing from axis values), and for the simplest image that delivers all of that. Code needed is in the book. Come to see this partial preview of the book’s contents and an introduction to some of the principles used...
Examples are designed for easy and quick interpretation, precise and unambiguous information whenever possible (not guessing from axis values), and for the simplest image that delivers all of that. Code needed is in the book. Come to see this partial preview of the book’s contents and an introduction to some of the principles used...
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About the Presenter
LeRoy Bessler, author of the book “Visual Data Insights Using SAS ODS Graphics: A Guide to Communication-Effective Data Visualization”, is a consultant, on-site trainer, data analyst, programmer, application developer, data visualization aficionado, and data artist. He has supported SAS servers, SAS software, SAS data, and SAS users, concurrent with his own work as a SAS practitioner. Besides data visualization, his special interests include software-intelligent application development for reliability, reusability, maintainability, extendability, and flexibility to deliver Strong Smart Systems™.
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