Formatting a scatter graph

[Scott Rick]

The code below produces the graph below. I'd like to make the following changes to the graph, but am unable to figure out how to:

1. Remove the gray grid lines
2. Move the years on the x-label lower
3. Add “Mandate” under the first red line and “Platform” under the second red line
4. Shade the region between the first and the second red line a light gray and the region after the second red line a darker gray

Any help on this will be much appreciated!

*Code

set scheme s1color

su year, meanonly 
local first = r(min)
local last = r(max)

forval y = `first'/`last' { 
    su mdate if year == `y', meanonly 
    local labelcall `labelcall' `r(mean)' "`y'"
    local tickpos = r(max) + 0.5 
    if `y' < `last' local tickcall `tickcall' `tickpos'
}

mac li 


scatter one mdate,  ///
ytitle("Number of teleconsults") yscale(range(0 .)) ylabel(#6, labsize(small) ///
angle(horizontal) nogrid) ms(Oh) mc(black) xline(761 768) ///
xtick(`tickcall',  tlength(*2)) ///
xla(`labelcall', noticks labsize(small)) ///
 xtitle("Year" "", height(6)) graphregion(fcolor(white)) || lfit one mdate, legend(off) xli(`tickcall', lc(gs12))


*Data
input float(year month) long one byte(treatment1 treatment2) float mdate
2020  7 1585 0 0 726
2020  8 2460 0 0 727
2020  9 2778 0 0 728
2020 10 3284 0 0 729
2020 11 3280 0 0 730
2020 12 3262 0 0 731
2021  1 2688 0 0 732
2021  2 2849 0 0 733
2021  3 2806 0 0 734
2021  4 2517 0 0 735
2021  5 4012 0 0 736
2021  6 2665 0 0 737
2021  7 2556 0 0 738
2021  8 2618 0 0 739
2021  9 2693 0 0 740
2021 10 2247 0 0 741
2021 11 2028 0 0 742
2021 12 2217 0 0 743
2022  1 2233 0 0 744
2022  2 2224 0 0 745
2022  3 2326 0 0 746
2022  4 2052 0 0 747
2022  5 2059 0 0 748
2022  6 1656 0 0 749
2022  7 1574 0 0 750
2022  8 1386 0 0 751
2022  9 1361 0 0 752
2022 10 1071 0 0 753
2022 11 1154 0 0 754
2022 12 1109 0 0 755
2023  1 1076 0 0 756
2023  2 1264 0 0 757
2023  3 1174 0 0 758
2023  4  906 0 0 759
2023  5  968 0 0 760
2023  6 1012 1 0 761
2023  7 1097 1 0 762
2023  8 1517 1 0 763
2023  9 1249 1 0 764
2023 10 1098 1 0 765
2023 11  975 1 0 766
2023 12 1000 1 0 767
2024  1 1112 1 1 768
2024  2 1060 1 1 769
2024  3  945 1 1 770
2024  4 1017 1 1 771
2024  5  916 1 1 772
2024  6 1120 1 1 773

[Nick Cox]

#1 #2 #3 are standard problems for options described under

help axis label options

For #4

search shading

reveals several resources such as

Blog    . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding recession shading to time-series graphs
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Schenck
        2/20    http://blog.stata.com/2020/02/13/adding-recession-shading-
                to-time-series-graphs/

SJ-16-3 gr0067  . Speaking Stata: Shading zones on time series and other plots
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q3/16   SJ 16(3):805--812                                (no commands)
        discusses background shading of time series and other plots