Overlaying datapoints and function in Graph Builder

Vysakhrnair999 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:55:09 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am trying to overlay datapoints from a column and a function line in Graph Builder. However, whenever I place the variables on the same axis and overlay them, I end up with either:

both the datapoints and the function drawn as points, or
both drawn as lines.

What I want is simple:

the column data should appear as points, and
the function should appear as a line,
overlaid in the same graph.

Below is a JSL script that generates a small sample table with two random columns and a function column. Here, Column 1 and Column 2 are random values, and the function column is a polynomial function of Column 1. When I use Graph Builder, JMP places them on separate graphs unless I overlay them, and once I overlay, Graph Builder forces all Y variables to share the same element type.

It appears that Graph Builder cannot mix points and lines when multiple Y variables share the same axis in an overlay.

Attached is the plot that I currently see, showing how Graph Builder places the function and datapoints on separate axes or forces them into the same element type when overlaid. Here I am using the version JMP 18.

Does anyone know whether there is a way to overlay a function line and datapoints on the same graph in Graph Builder while keeping different element types? Or is Graph Builder limited in this case?

New Table( "Function_plot",
	Add Rows( 10 ),
	New Script(
		"plot_function",
		Graph Builder(
			Variables( X( :Column 1 ), Y( :function ), Y( :Column 2 ) ),
			Elements( Position( 1, 1 ), Formula( X, Y, Legend( 13 ) ) ),
			Elements( Position( 1, 2 ), Points( X, Y, Legend( 7 ) ) ),
			SendToReport(
				Dispatch( {}, "400", LegendBox,
					{Legend Position( {13, [1], 7, [0]} )}
				)
			)
		)
	),
	New Column( "Column 1",
		Numeric,
		"Continuous",
		Format( "Best", 12 ),
		Set Values( [3, 1, 5, 9, 3, 12, 15, 19, 21, 17] ),
		Set Display Width( 53 )
	),
	New Column( "Column 2",
		Numeric,
		"Continuous",
		Format( "Best", 12 ),
		Set Values( [22, 76, 34, 19, 9, 45, 78, 63, 19, 5] ),
		Set Display Width( 53 )
	),
	New Column( "function",
		Numeric,
		"Continuous",
		Format( "Best", 12 ),
		Formula( :Column 1 ^ 3 + 5 ),
		Set Selected,
		Set Display Width( 47 )
	)
);

Graph Builder(
	Variables( X( :Column 1 ), Y( :function ), Y( :Column 2 ) ),
	Elements( Position( 1, 1 ), Formula( X, Y, Legend( 13 ) ) ),
	Elements( Position( 1, 2 ), Points( X, Y, Legend( 7 ) ) ),
	SendToReport(
		Dispatch( {}, "400", LegendBox, {Legend Position( {13, [1], 7, [0]} )} )
	)
);

Re: Overlaying datapoints and function in Graph Builder

hogi — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:43:17 GMT

Use the "variables" setting and deactivate "Column 2" for the Formula Plot - and "function" for the points.

Re: Overlaying datapoints and function in Graph Builder

hogi — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:39:45 GMT

The values in Column 2 and "Function" are very different.
If you have access to JMP 19, you can try parallel Y Axes:

and create a plot like this one:

Re: Overlaying datapoints and function in Graph Builder

Vysakhrnair999 — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:34:25 GMT

Thanks for the suggestions. This works!

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