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This page contains a series of horizontal bar graph, timeline,
and proportional bars examples
illustrating some of the available varieties and options.
These examples all use ploticus's proc bars
with the horizontalbars option.
Clickmaps are supported for
horizontal bar graphs.
Example 1hbars1![]() This example shows how horizontal bars can provide a compact format for displaying comparison data, especially when the category labels are long. It also demonstrates how selected bars may be highlighted by using a different color. Example 2hbars2![]() Here, the category labels are within the bars. Example 3hbars3![]() Stacked horizontal bars. Example 4hbars5![]() Clustered horizontal bars. Example 5hbars4![]() Reflected bar graphs. These are sometimes used to compare two sets of values. I personally don't like these, except perhaps when the number of categories is large, or when the nature of the data lends itself to such a display; I would prefer two-bar clusters. TimelinesSee also the EasyTimeline package by Erik Zachte / Wikipedia, which utilizes ploticus.Example 6timeline1a![]() In this example, bars are used to represent time segments, showing the phases of a project. Use the segmentfields attribute. Example 7timeline2![]() Another time line example. proc scatterplot was used to render the target date points. Example 8sess2![]() Another time line example showing login sessions for one day. Example 9clickmap_time2![]() An example of a timetable. This also illustrates the use of clickmaps with bar graphs. Try clicking on any TV show box above.. ProportionsExample 10propbars1![]() Here, the bar segments represent proportions of a whole. The stackfields attribute is used to position bars. This is the same type of look that a pie graph shows, but bars are usually more compact. See also propbars2, an example of vertical proportional bars. |
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