Style Elements for Use with ODS Graphics

Style elements affect ODS graphics and can be specified by GTL appearance options or used in styles. Attribute values can be changed with the TEMPLATE procedure.

In the ODS Graphics procedures, you can specify style elements to override the default appearance of particular graphics elements, such as data labels. Certain style elements were created to be used with specific plots. For example, the style element GraphFit2 is best used to modify secondary fit lines. The style element GraphConfidence2 was created to modify secondary confidence bands. However, many plots provide the option to override the style element with a different style element, or to specify particular attributes for a style element.

Here are examples that specify a style element and an attribute of a style element:

GraphData2 is an example of a style element.
GraphData2:Color is an example of a style attribute.

The tables below list each style element, the portion of the graph that it affects, and the applicable attributes.

Graph Style Elements: General Graph Appearance

Style Element	Portion of Graph Affected	Recognized Attributes
Graph	Graph size and outer border appearance	OutputWidth OutputHeight BorderColor BorderWidth CellPadding CellSpacing
GraphAnnoLine	Annotation lines	ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphAnnoShape	Annotation closed shapes such as circles, and squares	Color ContrastColor LineThickness LineStyle Transparency
GraphAnnoText	Annotation text	Font or font-attributes1 Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol
GraphAxisLines	X, Y and Z axis lines	ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness TickDisplay
GraphBackground	Background of the graph	Color Transparency
GraphBorderLines	Border around graph wall, legend border, borders to complete axis frame	ContrastColor LineThickness LineStyle
GraphDataText	Text font and color for point and line labels	Font or font-attributes1 Color
GraphFootnoteText	Text font and color for footnote(s)	Font or font-attributes1 Color
GraphLabelText	Text font and color for axis labels and legend titles	Font or font-attributes1 Color
GraphOutlines	Outline properties for fill areas such as bars, pie slices, box plots, ellipses, and histograms	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphReference	Horizontal and vertical reference lines and drop lines	ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphTitleText	Text font and color for title(s)	Font or font-attributes1 Color
GraphUnicodeText	Text font for unicode values	Font orfont-attributes1 Color
GraphValueText	Text font and color for axis tick values and legend values	Font or font-attributes1 Color
1Font-attributes can be one of the following: FONTFAMILY=, FONTSIZE=, FONTSTYLE=, FONTWEIGHT=.

Style Elements Affecting Graphical Data Representation

Style Element	Portion of Graph Affected	Recognized Attributes
GraphBoxMean	Marker for mean	ContrastColor MarkerSize MarkerSymbol
GraphBoxMedian	Line for median	ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphBoxWhisker	Box whiskers and serifs	ConstrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphConfidence	Primary confidence lines and bands, colors for bands and lines	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol LineStyle LineThickness
GraphConfidence2	Secondary confidence lines and bands, color for bands, and contrast color for lines	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol LineStyle LineThickness
GraphConnectLine	Line for connecting boxes or bars	ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness
GraphCutLine	Cutline attributes for a dendogram	Color LineStyle
GraphDataDefault	Primitives related to non-grouped data items, colors for filled areas, markers, and lines	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol MarkerSize LineStyle LineThickness StartColor NeutralColor EndColor
GraphError	Error line or error bar fill, ContrastColor for lines, Color for bar fill	ContrastColor Color LineStyle Transparency
GraphFit	Primary fit lines such as a normal density curve	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol LineStyle LineThickness
GraphFit2	Secondary fit lines such as a kernel density curve	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol LineStyle LineThickness
GraphFinal	Final data for the waterfall chart. Color applies to filled areas.	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol TextColor
GraphInitial	Initial data for the waterfall chart. Color applies to filled areas.	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol TextColor
GraphMissing	Properties for graph items representing missing values	ContrastColor Color MarkerSymbol MarkerSize LineStyle LineThickness Transparency
GraphOther	Other data for the graph. Color applies to filled areas.	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol TextColor
GraphOverflow	Overflow data for the graph. Color applies to filled areas. ContrastColor applies to markers and lines.	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol TextColor
GraphOutlier	Outlier data for the graph	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol LineStyle LineThickness
GraphPrediction	Prediction lines	ContrastColor Color LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol
GraphPredictionLimits	Fills for prediction limits	ContrastColor Color MarkerSize MarkerSymbol
GraphUnderflow	Underflow data for the graph. Color applies to filled areas. ContrastColor applies to markers and lines.	Color ContrastColor LineStyle LineThickness MarkerSize MarkerSymbol TextColor
GraphSelection	For interactive graphs, visual properties of selected item. Color for selected fill area, ContrastColor for selected marker or line.	ContrastColor Color MarkerSymbol MarkerSize LineStyle LineThickness
ThreeColorAltRamp	Line contours, markers, and data labels with segmented range color response	StartColor NeutralColor EndColor
ThreeColorRamp	Gradient contours, surfaces, markers, and data labels with continuous color response	StartColor NeutralColor EndColor
TwoColorAltRamp	Line contours, markers, and data labels with segmented range color response	StartColor EndColor
TwoColorRamp	Gradient contours, surfaces, markers, and data labels with continuous color response	StartColor EndColor

Graphical Style Elements: Data Related (Grouped)

Style Element	Portion of Graph Affected	Recognized Attributes
GraphData1	Primitives related to 1st grouped data items. Color applies to filled areas. ContrastColor applies to markers and lines.	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData2	Primitives related to 2nd grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData3	Primitives related to 3rd grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData4	Primitives related to 4th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData5	Primitives related to 5th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData6	Primitives related to 6th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData7	Primitives related to 7th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor MarkerSymbol LineStyle
GraphData8	Primitives related to 8th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor LineStyle
GraphData9	Primitives related to 9th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor LineStyle
GraphData10	Primitives related to 10th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor LineStyle
GraphData11	Primitives related to 11th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor LineStyle
GraphData12	Primitives related to 12th grouped data items	Color ContrastColor

Display Style Elements

Style Element	Portion of Graph Affected	Recognized Attributes	Possible Values
GraphAltBlock	Alternate fill color for block plots	Color	GraphColors("gablock")
GraphBand	Display options for confidence bands	DisplayOpts	“Fill ”
GraphBar	Display options for bar charts	DisplayOpts	“Fill outline”
GraphBox	Display options for box plots	DisplayOpts CapStyle Connect	“Fill caps mean Median outliers ” "Serif" "Mean"
GraphBlock	Fill color for block plots	Color	GraphColors("gblock")
GraphEllipse	Display options for confidence ellipses	DisplayOpts	“Outline”
GraphHistogram	Display options for histograms	DisplayOpts	“Fill outline”