Scripting Guide - SAS

318 Scripting Platforms Chapter 10
Sending Script Commands to a Live Analysis
on page 337 in the “Display Trees” chapter.
How to Interpret the Listing from Show Properties
Notice that most items in the Show Properties output have hints inside brackets [ ] at the end of each
line. This section examines the Show Properties for Bivariate as a general example.
biv=Bivariate(Y(height), X(age));
show properties(biv);
[Subtable]s refer to a set of commands that are put in a submenu. The commands in the subtable are
indented, and you use the subitem itself, not the parent item.
Script [Subtable]
Redo Analysis [Action] (Rerun this same analysis in a new window. The
analysis will be different if the data has changed.)
Save Script to Datatable [Action] (Return to the launcher for this
analysis.)
...
[Boolean]s turn an option on or off, and their arguments are usually 1 or 0. If specified without an
argument, sending the message flips it to the opposite state. Frequently [Boolean] messages also indicate
that they by [Default On].
Show Points [Boolean] [Default On]
[New Entity] is a command that leads to a new window in the user interface. Here’s an example from the
Distribution object properties:
Prediction Interval [New Entity] (Prediction Interval to contain a single
future observation or the mean of m future observations.)
[Action]s are choices the user makes in the user interface. They do not have a specific standard for their
arguments, so try the item in the interface first and then study the script that the platform saves.
Fit Mean [Action] (Fits a flat line at the mean.)
Fit Line [Action] (Fits a regression line to the data.)
[Action Choice]s and [Enum]s have a specific set of choices for their arguments.
Fit Polynomial [ActionChoice] {,2,quadratic,,3,cubic,,4,quartic,5,6}
Here’s an example of [Enum] in the Bubble Plot properties:
Draw [Enum] {Filled, Outlined, Filled and Outlined}
Confusion alert! Do not confuse a reference to a platform with a reference to a report. They are different
types of objects and can receive different types of JSL messages. For example, platforms can do such things
as run tests, draw plots, or close entire windows. Reports can do such things as copy pictures, select display
boxes, or close outline nodes.
This chapter discusses how to script platforms. To learn how to script reports, see the section
“Manipulating Displays” on page 331 in the “Display Trees” chapter.