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Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

shoffmeister — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:59:54 GMT

I was wondering if there is an easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix in the graph builder. I would like to create something like this:

My problem is, that I need to pull over each variable on the x-axis one at a time. If I select multiple variables the GraphBuilder will generate the - for my purposes no so useful - overlayplot:

I'm using this kind of graph often when it comes to the analysis of DoEs and I have 8+ variables on the x-Axis. Then it takes so much time to pull over each variable one at a time.

Thanks for any advice!

Sebastian

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

txnelson — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:25:46 GMT

The 2 methods that I can think of would be to Tables==>Stack the columns you want on your X axis, and then use the "Label" column from the stack as an X Grouping variable. Or, a very simple script, which could be turned into an addin could be written that would take the X columns you specify and generate the Graph Builder code to generate the graph you want.

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

MikeD_Anderson — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:00:39 GMT

Why not just use Analyze > Fit Y By X, and then provide all the different X's. You would get something like this:

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

jules — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:01:00 GMT

Hi sebastianhoffmeister,

The easiest way to do this is by using the Dialog feature of graph builder with a graph matrix

Launch Graph Builder
Click "Dialog"
Cast variables into roles
Check box for "Graph Matrix"
Click ok

Here's a short video showing that:

I hope this helps!

julian

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

txnelson — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:50:42 GMT

Wow....I have never seen this before......I learn something new about JMP every day.......

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

shoffmeister — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:04:37 GMT

Thanks so much! That is exactly what I was looking for.

I never had a look at that dialog button before. :)

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

kdupree — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 21:48:00 GMT

Hi Julian,

While the Dialog Button you mentioned would be super useful for my purposes, I don't see it on my Mac version of JMP (11.1.1). Does anyone know if the Mac version includes this feature somewhere else?

Thanks,

Kelly

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

markschwab — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:00:19 GMT

I'm not seeing it in Windows JMP 11.1.1, either.

Is the Dialog box a new feature in version 12?

Re: Easy way to generate a scatterplot matrix using the GraphBuilder?

jules — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 04:39:44 GMT

Hi Kelly,

The dialog box option for Graph Builder was added in JMP 12 so I'm sorry to say in JMP 11 and earlier there isn't a direct way to do this. Stacking or a custom script would be the next best thing if you want to stay in Graph Builder. Graph > Scatterplot Matrix is also an option and will work well with all continuous Xs.

Julian