Example: Change Global and Task Options

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In this example, you change the viewer and graph settings, and the titles that appear on your output.

Change Viewer Settings

To change the window layout, open data files automatically in edit mode, display candidate variables in alphabetical order, and create HTML files of your results, follow these steps:

  1. To change the window layout to make long node names easier to read, select Tools Viewer Settings...Move the slider to the right so that the project tree is displayed in a wider window.

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    Figure 4.14: Wider Project Tree Window Setting

  2. To automatically open data files in edit mode, select the Table tab, and select Edit under the Open data files for heading.

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    Figure 4.15: Open Data Files for Edit

  3. To display the candidate variables in alphabetical order in a task dialog, select the Variables tab and select Alphabetical order under the Sort candidate variables by heading.

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    Figure 4.16: Sort Candidate Variables by Alphabetical Order

  4. To automatically create HTML files of your results, select the Output tab and select Create HTML file of results under the HTML files heading.

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    Figure 4.17: Create HTML File of Results

  5. Click OK to save your viewer settings.

    When you run an analysis, the HTML results are displayed as a separate node in the project tree.

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    Figure 4.18: HTML Results Node

    If you double-click on the HTML results, they are displayed in your HTML browser.

Change Graph Settings

To change the point and line display color and the bar and contour rectangle pattern in your graphs, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools Graph Settings ...

  2. Select Color under Point display options.

  3. Select Magenta from the list of colors.

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    Figure 4.19: Select Point and Line Display Color

    Click OK.

  4. Under the Bar and contour rectangle options heading, click on the arrow next to Pattern: and select Empty from the list of patterns.

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    Figure 4.20: Select Bar and Contour Rectangle Pattern

  5. Click OK to save your graph settings.

Change Titles

To specify a default title for all your output, follow these steps:

  1. Select Tools Titles...

  2. Under the Global tab, type Health Report in the first field.

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    Figure 4.21: Specifying a Global Title

  3. Click OK to apply this title to all subsequent output.



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SAS Institute - The Analyst Application
The Analyst Application, Second Edition
ISBN: 158025991X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 116

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