Text data labels in Scatter charts

[Mark Webb-5]

I want to labels points on a scatter charts with hospital names.
I can only get case numbers to be shown.
How do I stipulate a variable [hospital] to be used rather than case
numbers ?
Regards

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[ViAnn Beadle]

Show us your syntax

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Mark Webb
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 12:47 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Text data labels in Scatter charts

I want to labels points on a scatter charts with hospital names.
I can only get case numbers to be shown.
How do I stipulate a variable [hospital] to be used rather than case
numbers ?
Regards

--
Mark Webb

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[ViAnn Beadle]

When seeking help on this list, more info is much better than less. In this
case I need to know how you got to where you are so that I can suggest an
amended route ;-). There are at least 5 ways to produce a labeled
scatterplot and I don't want to provide them all. So here's the amended
route:

1. add your labeling variable to the list of variables in the GRAPHDATSET
subcommand.
2. define a DATA statement for the variable in the GPL and use the
category.data() function.
3. specify label(variablename) in the ELEMENT statement.

Here's an example using the world95 sample data where country is the
labeling variable. You'll see how messy this can be with more than a modest
set of points if you run the example.

Work you do in the chart editor can be saved as a chart template and be
applied to subsequent charts via syntax. Getting the right set of checkboxes
(do not check all!) is tricky and works best when the charts are similar in
structure.

DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.
* Chart Builder.
GGRAPH
  /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=urban literacy country
MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO
  /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE.
BEGIN GPL
  SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset"))
  DATA: urban=col(source(s), name("urban"))
  DATA: literacy=col(source(s), name("literacy"))
  DATA: country=col(source(s), name("country"), unit.category())
  GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("People living in cities (%)"))
  GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("People who read (%)"))
  ELEMENT: point(position(urban*literacy), label(country))
END GPL.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Webb [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:27 AM
To: ViAnn Beadle
Subject: Re: Text data labels in Scatter charts

Hi ViAnn
My syntax is listed below but I don't think it will assist.
I'm making the scatter graph using the menu.
Once the graph is in the output window I right click it and there is an
option to add data labels - it automatically shows the case number - I
want to be able to choose a variable that makes sense - in this case
hospital names.

When you amend an output graph it doesn't seem to save it to the journal.
Will I have to make in the menu then paste the syntax and then add an
instruction to add data labels using a variable ?

Thanks
Mark


GET
 FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\Favorites\My Documents\My Documents\'+
 'AACorrelations\2009DataB.sav'.
DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.
* Chart Builder.
GGRAPH
 /GRAPHDATASET NAME="graphdataset" VARIABLES=PSI Staff MISSING=LISTWISE
 REPORTMISSING=NO
 /GRAPHSPEC SOURCE=INLINE.
 BEGIN GPL
 SOURCE: s=userSource(id("graphdataset"))
 DATA: PSI=col(source(s), name("PSI"))
 DATA: Staff=col(source(s), name("Staff"))
 GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label("PSI"))
 GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label("Staff"))
 ELEMENT: point(position(PSI*Staff))
 END GPL.
SET Small 0.000100 OLang English .


Mark Webb

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ViAnn Beadle wrote:

> Show us your syntax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Mark Webb
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 12:47 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Text data labels in Scatter charts
>
> I want to labels points on a scatter charts with hospital names.
> I can only get case numbers to be shown.
> How do I stipulate a variable [hospital] to be used rather than case
> numbers ?
> Regards
>
> --
> Mark Webb
>
> [phone]
> [phone]
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>
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