For complete documentation, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide. In addition to the features that are described in this section, you can use PROC CHART to create star charts, to draw a reference line at a particular value on a bar chart, and to change the symbol that is used to draw charts. You can also create charts based, not only on frequency, sum, and mean, but also on cumulative frequency, percent, and cumulative percent.

For complete documentation, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide.

For a discussion about how to plot the relationship between variables, see Introduction to Plotting the Relationship between Variables. When you are preparing graphics presentations, some data lends itself to charts. Other data is better suited for plots.

For complete documentation, see SAS Formats and Informats: Reference. Many formats are available with SAS, including fractions, hexadecimal values, roman numerals, Social Security numbers, date and time values, and numbers written as words.

For complete documentation about how to create your own formats, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide.

For complete documentation, see SAS/GRAPH: Reference. If your site has SAS/GRAPH software, then you can use the GCHART procedure to take advantage of the high-resolution graphics capabilities of output devices and produce charts that include color, different fonts, and text.