data labels not saved in template

[Dominic Lusinchi]

Greetings,

 

I am working with version 21. I create a clustered bar chart. After some editing in chart editor, including adding data labels on the bars, I save it as a template. I make sure that “Data value labels” is selected in the Save Chart Template dialog box because I want the data labels formatted in a certain way. When I apply this template to the next clustered bar chart I create, the data labels do not appear; everything else is formatted as desired, but the data labels are absent.

 

Has anybody encountered this problem? Is there a solution (other than redoing the editing that appears not to have been saved)?

 

Thanks in advance,

Dominic

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Dominic Lusinchi

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[Lemon, John S.]

Dominic et al.

 

I believe that there are still some aspects of formatting / changes that are made to charts which are not properly stored in Chart Templates. I first encountered the problem with the angle of labels on a chart which had been grouped into columns. In order to improve appearance I had ‘custom angled’ them to 45 degrees. I cannot get that to ‘stick’. There were a number of other problems I encountered and some of those appear to be resolved in 22 but I suggest that you gather the evidence and submit a problem report in the hope it is sorted in 23 !!

 

Best Wishes

 

John S. Lemon

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University of Aberdeen

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dominic Lusinchi
Sent: 18 October 2013 07:42
To: [hidden email]
Subject: data labels not saved in template

 

Greetings,

 

I am working with version 21. I create a clustered bar chart. After some editing in chart editor, including adding data labels on the bars, I save it as a template. I make sure that “Data value labels” is selected in the Save Chart Template dialog box because I want the data labels formatted in a certain way. When I apply this template to the next clustered bar chart I create, the data labels do not appear; everything else is formatted as desired, but the data labels are absent.

 

Has anybody encountered this problem? Is there a solution (other than redoing the editing that appears not to have been saved)?

 

Thanks in advance,

Dominic

*************************************************
Dominic Lusinchi

Far West Research
Statistical Consulting

San Francisco, California

Telephone/Fax: [phone]
Skype: fwr.dl
Email: [hidden email]
Web: www.farwestresearch.com/staff/dl/dlcv.html

Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension:

[hidden email]
Introduction to Statistical Analysis with SPSS
*************************************************

 

The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

... or you use ggplot2 to produce this: http://postimg.org/image/ghi832szj/
IMHO that's better than storing part of the image layout in your (GPL) code, part in the .sgt, part in your head.
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* sample data.
set rng=mt mtindex=43210.
input program.
+numeric id (n9) gender (f1) year (f4).
+loop id = 1 to 100.
+� � �  compute gender = trunc(rv.uniform(0, 2)).
+� � �  compute year = trunc(rv.uniform(1990, 2000)).
+end case.
+end loop.
+end file.
end input program.
if ( missing(id) ) id = lag(id).
execute.
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* code for clustered bar graph.
begin program r.
require("ggplot2") || install.packages("ggplot2")
df <- spssdata.GetDataFromSPSS()
require("ggplot2")
p <- ggplot(df)
p <- p + geom_histogram(aes(factor(year), fill=factor(gender)), position="dodge")
p <- p + xlab("Year") + ylab("Count") + opts(title="Cool graph\n")
p <- p + scale_fill_discrete(name="Gender", breaks=c(0, 1), labels=c("male","female"))
graph <- file.path(Sys.getenv("temp"), "graph.png")
ggplot2::ggsave(file=graph, plot=p, dpi=100)
spssRGraphics.Submit(graph)
end program.



Regards,
Albert-Jan


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From: "Lemon, John" <[hidden email]>

>To: [hidden email]
>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 9:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] data labels not saved in template
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>Dominic et al.
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>I believe that there are still some aspects of formatting / changes that are made to charts which are not properly stored in Chart Templates. I first encountered the problem with the angle of labels on a chart which had been grouped into columns. In order to improve appearance I had ‘custom angled’ them to 45 degrees. I cannot get that to ‘stick’. There were a number of other problems I encountered and some of those appear to be resolved in 22 but I suggest that you gather the evidence and submit a problem report in the hope it is sorted in 23 !!
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>Best Wishes
>�
>John S. Lemon
>IT Services - Student Liaison Officer
>University of Aberdeen
>Edward Wright Building
>Tel:�  [phone]
>�
>DIT news for Students
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>From:SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dominic Lusinchi
>Sent: 18 October 2013 07:42
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: data labels not saved in template
>�
>Greetings,
>�
>I am working with version 21. I create a clustered bar chart. After some editing in chart editor, including adding data labels on the bars, I save it as a template. I make sure that “Data value labels” is selected in the Save Chart Template dialog box because I want the data labels formatted in a certain way. When I apply this template to the next clustered bar chart I create, the data labels do not appear; everything else is formatted as desired, but the data labels are absent.
>�
>Has anybody encountered this problem? Is there a solution (other than redoing the editing that appears not to have been saved)?
>�
>Thanks in advance,
>Dominic
>*************************************************
>Dominic Lusinchi
>
>Far West Research
>Statistical Consulting
>
>San Francisco, California
>
>Telephone/Fax: [phone]
>Skype: fwr.dl
>Email: [hidden email]
>Web: www.farwestresearch.com/staff/dl/dlcv.html
>
>Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension:
>[hidden email]
>Introduction to Statistical Analysis with SPSS
>*************************************************
>�
>
>
>
>The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
>
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