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This is a SAS/Graph imitation & enhancement of the following dashboard:
http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaldialogue/2012/11/19/apac-digital-marketing-performance-dashboard-infographic/
http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaldialogue/files/2012/11/Adobe_APAC_infographic_final_media-02.jpg


Interpretation:
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The numeric ratings are on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being highest/best.

The partial color bands around the circles at the top show the number
as a pie/donut slice, where the total circle is a value of 10.

The color bands around the circles in the bottom section show which
country is highest in each of the 4 categories.


Enhancements:
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Rather than re-using the color blue (for the marketing readiness
and the country maps), and re-using the color red (for marketing
skills and the header labels), I used 2 extra colors so there is
no confusion what the colors represent.

I print the labels in the circles around the countries, using 
the color for that category (for example, 'Mindset' text is 
green, similar to the Mindset color circle band).

It wasn't evident (to me) what the partial colored band around 
large circled numbers at the top of the page represented in the
original dashboard.  I made these partial bands start at the 
12-o'clock position, and proceed clockwise, representing the 
numeric values as a % of 10 (the colored partial ring is 
like a pie/donut slice).

Rather than showing Hong Kong on a China map, I use an actual
Hong Kong map.  Similarly, I show just Korea & Singapore, rather
than also showing their adjacent countries.

I order the circles around the countries consistently, and 
order them left-to-right in the same orders as the large
circles/categories in the top 1/2 of the dashboard.

In a nutshell, I strive for consistency in color, and consistency
in order, to make the dashboard easier to grasp.


Technical Details:
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Each of the 4 circle/pie/donuts in the top section is a separate
graph, created by overlaying successively smaller annotated 
'pies' in the same location (and then annotating the text in 
the center).

All of the maps in the bottom section are created with 1 Proc Gmap.
I used data steps to resize & move the map X/Ys so that the maps
are spaced & sized as desired (which takes a lot of trial-and-error).
I use title statements to add the desired amount of space on the 
top/left/right of the maps (otherwise gmap will always auto-size to
fill all the available space).

I annotate the circles & text around the maps using hard-coded 
x/y locations (again, determined by trial-and-error, since there
is no auto-layout of annotations).

I then use Proc Greplay to draw all the graphs on the same page.



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