I would use datatable subscripting:
Names Default To Here(1);
dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");
dt[N Rows(dt) - 29::N Rows(dt), "height"] = 0;
Edit, one more option:
You can also use get rows where to get specific rows. You can use similar where argument here as you would in select where
Names Default To Here(1);
dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");
// get rows into a matrix
r = dt << Get Rows Where(Row() > N Rows(dt) - 30);
// set values
Column(dt, "height")[r] = 0;
-Jarmo