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Usage: pl -gif timeline2.htm
// specify data using proc getdata #proc getdata data: OWUNN 01/12/99 11/12/98 03/13/99 SMFWW 01/19/99 11/19/98 03/18/99 SDUNN 01/26/99 11/26/98 03/25/99 BAABR 01/31/99 12/01/98 04/01/99 UBANI 02/22/99 12/22/98 04/22/99 // set up plotting area using proc areadef // Note that date format of mm/dd/yy is specified as the xscaletype. #proc areadef title: Allowable follow-up visit time windows rectangle: 1 1 5 2 xscaletype: date mm/dd/yy xrange: 11/01/98 05/01/99 yscaletype: categories ycategories: datafield 1 // set up x and y axes using proc axis // first time- do month stubs every 3 months #proc xaxis stubs: incremental 1 month stubformat: MMMyy // run it again to do the grid at every month #proc xaxis stubs: none ticincrement: 1 month grid: color=blue #proc yaxis stubs: categories label: Patient code labeldetails: adjust=-0.2,0 grid: color=green // render bars using proc bars // use segmentfields and tails but not lenfield #proc bars color: green barwidth: 0.05 horizontalbars: yes segmentfields: 3 4 locfield: 1 tails: 0.1 // render dots using proc scatterplot #proc scatterplot xfield: 2 yfield: 1 symbol: shape=circle style=filled fillcolor=red legendlabel: = Target\n date // render legend using proc legend #proc legend format: singleline location: max-0.5 max