You can use the GREPLAY procedure to create new graphics output by replaying existing graphics output in templates. Templates are often used to replay several graphics entries from the same catalog on one display or page. The GREPLAY procedure creates new graphics output when replaying graphics output with a template.

You can create your own templates, or you can use the templates provided with SAS/GRAPH that are stored in the SASHELP.TEMPLT catalog.

The following guidelines describe how to generate two graphs, and replay the graphics output on one page using a SASHELP.TEMPLT entry:

For example, the following statements replay the entries GRAPH1 and GRAPH2 into the V2 template, which is stored in the catalog SASHELP.TEMPLT. The TC statement specifies the catalog that contains the template, and the TEMPLATE statement specifies the template. The TREPLAY statement assigns each entry to a panel. (The V2 template has two panels, so there is an assignment for panel 1 and panel 2.)

proc gchart data=sashelp.class;
   hbar age/discrete;
 run;
    hbar height;
run;
quit;
proc greplay igout=work.gseg nofs;
   tc sashelp.templt;
   template v2;
   treplay 1:gchart 2:gchart1;
quit;

When you replay graphics output in a template, the new GRSEG output that is created by the GREPLAY procedure is automatically provided a default name, Template, and it is stored in the output catalog WORK.GSEG. The default GRSEG description is “Graphics Replay”.