ODS Graphics has been around since SAS 9.1.3 (in 2006!), and yet it hasn’t yet taken over the SAS graphics world, even though it could create the vast majority of graphs.
With this in mind I thought I’d create a quick poll to see what is currently being used out there in the real world:
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To be fair, ODS Graphics was around for a long time before it became production. It was not production until SAS 9.2 which, I believe, was released in 2008. Still that is a long time ago! ODS Graphics deserves more attention than it gets because it is so easy to use and so well integrated with ODS destinations and styles. I think part of the problem is that graphics is one of those things that everyone wants to know, but lots of people never get around to.