Enormous graphs...

[iesjefox]

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and was just trying to make a bar chart, but actually this problem occurs for every type of graph...
I filled in 1 column with 40 data, like 230, 325, 134 etc. and that's it, so no second column.
When executing the graph, it takes really long. When it finally appears, it is way too big to appear on my screen, maybe 30 times the width of my screen! And also really tall...
I didn't change anything in the graph, like axes or scaling.
Who can tell me why it doesn't work?
Thanks!

Iris

[Art Kendall]

There are several way to to create a "bar chart".  Many users confuse histograms and bar charts.
please post the syntax you are using.
The GUI is a great way to draft syntax.
It is a good idea to develop the habit of exiting the GUI by clicking <paste>.

To rule out something in your data such as concatenating two value into a very big value
do whatever you are using to generate the bar chart after running the syntax below.
e.g., what should be two cases (lines) with 130 and 129 you have a single case with 130129.

open a new instance of spss. copy the syntax below into a syntax window. run it.
do whatever you do with the GUI.  <paste> the syntax, run that portion of the syntax.
Does the problem still occur?

new file.
input program.
   loop id = 1 to 40.
      compute x = rnd(rv.normal(150,20)).
      end case.
   end loop.
   end file.
end input program.
execute.
*paste your syntax here.



On 5/1/2014 12:54 PM, iesjefox [via SPSSX Discussion] wrote:

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and was just trying to make a bar chart, but actually this problem occurs for every type of graph...
I filled in 1 column with 40 data, like 230, 325, 134 etc. and that's it, so no second column.
When executing the graph, it takes really long. When it finally appears, it is way too big to appear on my screen, maybe 30 times the width of my screen! And also really tall...
I didn't change anything in the graph, like axes or scaling.
Who can tell me why it doesn't work?
Thanks!

Iris

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[David Marso]

You would do well to provide specifics as to how to reproduce this?
See PASTE button on dialog to generate syntax and provide sample data.
Why what doesn't work? You don't give any info on 'it'!

iesjefox wrote

Hello,

I'm new to SPSS and was just trying to make a bar chart, but actually this problem occurs for every type of graph...
I filled in 1 column with 40 data, like 230, 325, 134 etc. and that's it, so no second column.
When executing the graph, it takes really long. When it finally appears, it is way too big to appear on my screen, maybe 30 times the width of my screen! And also really tall...
I didn't change anything in the graph, like axes or scaling.
Who can tell me why it doesn't work?
Thanks!

Iris