The NETDRAW Procedure

Dictionary of Options

The following table contains all the options that are available with the NETDRAW procedure, listed in alphabetical order. Note that some of the options are valid for specific modes (Graphics, or Line-Printer) of invocation of the procedure. These options are indicated by the letters, (GR), and (LP), respectively, for the Graphics, or Line-Printer versions.

ACTIVITY=variable ALIGN=variable ANNOTATE=SAS-data-set
ANNOTATE=SAS-data-set (GR) ARROWHEAD=integer (GR) AUTOREF
AUTOZONE BOXHT=boxht BOXWIDTH=boxwdth
BREAKCYCLE BRKCHAR=brkchar (LP)
CALEDATA=SAS-data-set CARCS=color (GR)
CAXIS=color (GR) CCNODEFILL=color (GR)
CCRITARCS=color (GR) CCRITOUT=color (GR)
CENTERID (GR) CENTERSUBTREE CHILDORDER=order
CNODEFILL=color (GR) COMPRESS (GR) COUTLINE=color (GR)
CREF=color (GR) CREFBRK=color (GR) CTEXT=color (GR) DATA=SAS-data-set
DESCRIPTION='string' (GR) DP DURATION=variable
FILLPAGE (GR) FONT=font (GR) FORMCHAR[index list ]='string' (LP) FRAME GOUT=graphics-catalog GRAPHICS HEIGHT=h
HMARGIN=integer (GR) HPAGES=h (GR) HTRACKS=integer
ID=(variables) IMAGEMAP=SAS-data-set LAG=variables
LINEAR LINEPRINTER LREF=linestyle (GR)
LREFBRK=linestyle (GR) LWCRIT=integer (GR) LWIDTH=integer (GR)
LWOUTLINE=integer (GR) MAXNULLCOLUMN=maxncol MININTERVAL=mininterval
NAME='string' (GR) NLEVELSPERCOLUMN=npercol NOARROWFILL (GR)
NODEFID NODETRACK NODISPLAY
NOLABEL NONDP NONODETRACK
NOPAGENUMBER (GR) NOREPEATAXIS NOTIMEAXIS
NOVCENTER (GR) NOZONELABEL NXNODES=nx (GR)
NYNODES=ny (GR) OUT=SAS-data-set PAGENUMBER (GR)
PAGES=npages PATTERN=variable (GR)
PCOMPRESS (GR) QUITMISSINGALIGN RECTILINEAR (GR)
REFBREAK REFCHAR=refchar (LP)
RESTRICTSEARCH REVERSEY (GR) ROTATE (GR)
ROTATETEXT (GR) SEPARATEARCS (GR) SEPARATESONS
SHOWBREAK SHOWSTATUS SPANNINGTREE
SUCCESSOR=(variables) TIMESCALE TREE
USEFORMAT VMARGIN=integer (GR) VPAGES=v (GR)
VTRACKS=integer WEB=variable (GR) XBETWEEN=integer
YBETWEEN=integer ZONE=variable ZONELABEL
ZONEPAT (GR) ZONESPACE

Last updated: November 10, 2025