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SAS FAQ
How can I view built-in templates for proc greplay?

Proc greplay is used for displaying multiple plots on the same page.  It allows you to put different numbers of plots in different layouts on the same page.  There are built-in templates that you can use, or you can make your own template.  The following will show you how you can see the various templates provided by SAS for placing multiple graphs on a single page.  You can follow the steps shown below to see all the built-in templates and preview a particular template layout.

• Run proc greplay

proc greplay;
run;

• Proc greplay is an interactive procedure.  Once the program above is submitted, you will see a display window as shown below.  Enter the catalog name for the templates corresponding to the TC entry.  All the SAS built-in templates for proc greplay are located in the directory called sashelp.  The catalog is called templt.  Thus, we entered SASHELP.TEMPLT here.

• Once the template catalog is entered correctly, we can view the index of the catalog by clicking on Tools and then choosing Template Catalog.

• Now we will see the following window with all the names for the templates and their descriptions.

• If you want to preview a particular template, you can do by choosing Browse Template/Color Map... from the Edit menu.

• Now a small window will pop up request a template name to be entered.  For example, let's type in sixteen for the template named SIXTEEN with a description as new template.  The following window with all the coordinates will be displayed.  This is not exactly useful.  A real plot showing the layout will be much better.

• The last step is to choose Preview Template List from the Tools menu. You may have to scroll down to the end to see the following preview.

• Remember that proc greplay is an interactive procedure. Therefore, you have to close all of the greplay-related windows to return to the regular SAS editor window and run other programs.