Getting Started With ODS Statistical Graphics in SAS 9.2

Overview

ODS Statistical Graphics (or ODS Graphics for short) is major new functionality for creating statistical graphics that is available in a number of SAS software products, including SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, SAS/QC, and SAS/GRAPH. With the production release of ODS Graphics in SAS 9.2, over sixty statistical procedures have been modified to use this functionality, and they now produce graphs as automatically as they produce tables. In addition, new procedures in SAS/GRAPH use this functionality to produce plots for exploratory data analysis and for customized statistical displays. SAS/GRAPH is required for ODS Graphics functionality in SAS 9.2. This paper presents the essential information one needs to get started with ODS Graphics in SAS 9.2.