SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

Elements and Attributes Dependent on Chart Type
GRAPH 715
Elements and attributes dependent on the chart type are those that exist only in a specific
chart type. They include bars (in bar charts), lines and areas (in line charts), markers (in scatterplots),
boxes (in boxplots), and pie sectors (in pie charts). These elements and their
attributes are usually applied only when the template chart and the requested chart are of the
same type. Some elements or their attributes may override the default settings across chart
type.
• Color and pattern are always applied except for pie charts. The template overrides the
system default.
• Scale axis lines are applied across chart types. Scale axis range is never applied.
• Interval axis lines are applied from interval axis to interval axis. Interval axis bins are
never applied.
• If the template is a 3-D bar chart and you request a chart with one category axis, attributes
of the first axis are applied from the template. If you request a 3-D bar chart and the template
is not a 3-D chart, no category axis attributes are applied.
Elements and Attributes Dependent on Data
Data-dependent elements and attributes are applied only when the template and the requested
chart are of the same type and the template has at least as many series assigned to the same
types of chart elements as the requested chart.
• Category attributes and elements, including fill, border, color, pattern, line style, weight
of pie sectors, pie sector explosion, reference lines, projection lines, and annotations, are
applied only when category values in the requested chart match those in the template.
• The attributes of data-related elements with on/off states are always applied. For example,
the line style, weight, and color of a quadratic fit in a simple bivariate scatterplot are
applied if the requested chart is also a simple bivariate scatterplot. The specification on
the GRAPH command, for example, HISTOGRAM(NORMAL), overrides the applied on/off
status; in this case, a normal curve is displayed regardless of whether the template displays
a normal curve.
• In bar, line, and area charts, the assignment of series to bars, lines, and areas is not applied.
• Case weighting status for histograms and scatterplots is not applied. You must turn
weighting on or off before specifying the GRAPH command.
MISSING Subcommand
MISSING controls the treatment of missing values in the chart drawn by GRAPH.
• The default is LISTWISE.
• The MISSING subcommand has no effect on variables used with the VALUE function to
create nonaggregated charts. User-missing and system-missing values create empty cells.
• LISTWISE and VARIABLE are alternatives and apply to variables used in summary functions
for a chart or to variables being plotted in a scatterplot.