GPL/ViZml object size
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I’m having trouble with GPL/ViZml in SPSS 19.0.0.1. I would like to produce a series of different graphs, each one sized to print landscape on legal-size paper. I’m having trouble understanding the GPL/ViZml syntax well enough to see how to set the size of each graph. I have the GPL manual from IBM, and it looks like maybe I need to use a “PAGE” statement(???), but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get. Anyone have experience with GPL/ViZml? Thanks! +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation |
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Here is an example of using the page directive
in your GPL. I omitted the GGRAPH part.
BEGIN GPL SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset") ) PAGE: begin(scale(5.0in, 4.0in)) <chart specifications> PAGE: end() END GPL. HTH, Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim Senior Software Engineer, IBM [hidden email] new phone: 720-342-5621 From: "Haubrich, Matthew [DOT]" <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Date: 02/06/2012 01:32 PM Subject: [SPSSX-L] GPL/ViZml object size Sent by: "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]> I’m having trouble with GPL/ViZml in SPSS 19.0.0.1. I would like to produce a series of different graphs, each one sized to print landscape on legal-size paper. I’m having trouble understanding the GPL/ViZml syntax well enough to see how to set the size of each graph. I have the GPL manual from IBM, and it looks like maybe I need to use a “PAGE” statement(???), but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get. Anyone have experience with GPL/ViZml? Thanks! +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation |
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Use the PAGE function to define the size. You’ll need a PAGE: begin() before the statements that define the chart (SCALE, ELEMENT, …) and a PAGE:end() just before the END GPL command. Use the scale function with two arguments corresponding to x and y. Here’s a simple example with the statements inserted into syntax generated from chart builder: GGRAPH /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=region COUNT()[name="COUNT"] MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE. BEGIN GPL SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset")) DATA: region=col(source(s), name("region"), unit.category()) DATA: COUNT=col(source(s), name("COUNT")) PAGE: begin(scale(10in,8in)) GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("Region of the United States")) GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Count")) SCALE: cat(dim(1), include("1.00", "2.00", "3.00")) SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0)) ELEMENT: interval(position(region*COUNT), shape.interior(shape.square)) PAGE: end() END GPL. You’ll have to experiment to fit the chart precisely. You’ve also got to account for your page setup (orientation and margins), and exactly what parts of the output you want to print (chart, headers, footers, etc), and your printer. Use the File>Print Preview command to see how it looks. You can also take the chart into the chart editor and change the chart size to experiment. Then use those numbers as arguments to the scale function. From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Haubrich, Matthew [DOT] I’m having trouble with GPL/ViZml in SPSS 19.0.0.1. I would like to produce a series of different graphs, each one sized to print landscape on legal-size paper. I’m having trouble understanding the GPL/ViZml syntax well enough to see how to set the size of each graph. I have the GPL manual from IBM, and it looks like maybe I need to use a “PAGE” statement(???), but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get. Anyone have experience with GPL/ViZml? Thanks! +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation |
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Thank-you! I’m now getting the pages to come out at a size that will work, except for any chart with a legend. Charts without a legend are coming out at the expected aspect ratio and size, however when I have a legend it appears (based on what I see in the chart editor) that the legend it taking up a lot more space than it really needs (horizontally). I’ve been beating my head against the wall (not literally) trying to figure out how to reduce the size of the legend or to make the chart relatively larger, but so far no luck. Do I need a “GRAPH” statement to do that? Or is there some control in the GUIDE: legend() statement that makes the legend better-behaved? Thanks, Matt +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation From: ViAnn Beadle [mailto:[hidden email]] Use the PAGE function to define the size. You’ll need a PAGE: begin() before the statements that define the chart (SCALE, ELEMENT, …) and a PAGE:end() just before the END GPL command. Use the scale function with two arguments corresponding to x and y. Here’s a simple example with the statements inserted into syntax generated from chart builder: GGRAPH /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=region COUNT()[name="COUNT"] MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE. BEGIN GPL SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset")) DATA: region=col(source(s), name("region"), unit.category()) DATA: COUNT=col(source(s), name("COUNT")) PAGE: begin(scale(10in,8in)) GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("Region of the United States")) GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Count")) SCALE: cat(dim(1), include("1.00", "2.00", "3.00")) SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0)) ELEMENT: interval(position(region*COUNT), shape.interior(shape.square)) PAGE: end() END GPL. You’ll have to experiment to fit the chart precisely. You’ve also got to account for your page setup (orientation and margins), and exactly what parts of the output you want to print (chart, headers, footers, etc), and your printer. Use the File>Print Preview command to see how it looks. You can also take the chart into the chart editor and change the chart size to experiment. Then use those numbers as arguments to the scale function. From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Haubrich, Matthew [DOT] I’m having trouble with GPL/ViZml in SPSS 19.0.0.1. I would like to produce a series of different graphs, each one sized to print landscape on legal-size paper. I’m having trouble understanding the GPL/ViZml syntax well enough to see how to set the size of each graph. I have the GPL manual from IBM, and it looks like maybe I need to use a “PAGE” statement(???), but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get. Anyone have experience with GPL/ViZml? Thanks! +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation |
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What happens when you edit one a chart with a very wide margin on the legend in the chart editor. Can you resize it? Can you send me (directly) an output file with an example to play with? It may be possible to override the space via a chart template. Generally speaking the chart render tends to allocate regions based on upon the general width provided. A template might be able to override this but it’s very fragile. From: Haubrich, Matthew [DOT] [mailto:[hidden email]] Thank-you! I’m now getting the pages to come out at a size that will work, except for any chart with a legend. Charts without a legend are coming out at the expected aspect ratio and size, however when I have a legend it appears (based on what I see in the chart editor) that the legend it taking up a lot more space than it really needs (horizontally). I’ve been beating my head against the wall (not literally) trying to figure out how to reduce the size of the legend or to make the chart relatively larger, but so far no luck. Do I need a “GRAPH” statement to do that? Or is there some control in the GUIDE: legend() statement that makes the legend better-behaved? Thanks, Matt +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation From: ViAnn Beadle [hidden email] Use the PAGE function to define the size. You’ll need a PAGE: begin() before the statements that define the chart (SCALE, ELEMENT, …) and a PAGE:end() just before the END GPL command. Use the scale function with two arguments corresponding to x and y. Here’s a simple example with the statements inserted into syntax generated from chart builder: GGRAPH /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=region COUNT()[name="COUNT"] MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE. BEGIN GPL SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset")) DATA: region=col(source(s), name("region"), unit.category()) DATA: COUNT=col(source(s), name("COUNT")) PAGE: begin(scale(10in,8in)) GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("Region of the United States")) GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Count")) SCALE: cat(dim(1), include("1.00", "2.00", "3.00")) SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0)) ELEMENT: interval(position(region*COUNT), shape.interior(shape.square)) PAGE: end() END GPL. You’ll have to experiment to fit the chart precisely. You’ve also got to account for your page setup (orientation and margins), and exactly what parts of the output you want to print (chart, headers, footers, etc), and your printer. Use the File>Print Preview command to see how it looks. You can also take the chart into the chart editor and change the chart size to experiment. Then use those numbers as arguments to the scale function. From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [hidden email] On Behalf Of Haubrich, Matthew [DOT] I’m having trouble with GPL/ViZml in SPSS 19.0.0.1. I would like to produce a series of different graphs, each one sized to print landscape on legal-size paper. I’m having trouble understanding the GPL/ViZml syntax well enough to see how to set the size of each graph. I have the GPL manual from IBM, and it looks like maybe I need to use a “PAGE” statement(???), but that’s about as far as I’ve been able to get. Anyone have experience with GPL/ViZml? Thanks! +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Matt Haubrich Asset Manager / Performance Measurement Administrator Office of Maintenance Iowa Department of Transportation |
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