JSL how to change the color of a single column in a Pareto plot?

[#1]

Hi All,

  I'm interested in using JSL to change the color of a single bar (or perhaps multiple bars) in a Pareto Plot and not rely on the interactive row selection of a data table to do so.

  I found these two helpful discussions here and here, but they're not quite what I'm after. I can of course make the graph using Graph Builder instead of the Pareto Plot platform, that's not the problem necessarily. After a lot of searching, haven't really found how to do it as I would like.

  I'd prefer to not have to create a Transformed column, like in one of the examples, and I'd also prefer not to change the preferences within JMP. 

  For example, using the Car.jmp file, and making a Pareto Plot of :Make as the Cause and :Wt as the Freq, I'd like to color a few specific columns. In the screenshot below, the car Makes Chevrolet, Toyota, and Honda are selected and "highlighted", but I'd like to make these a specific color (eg: red, or black, or green) -- hopefully using JSL.

  Any thoughts/suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks!,

DS

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Pareto plot seems to offer option of coloring selected causes

And JMP will give you a script like this (using Failure Raw Data)

Pareto Plot(
	Cause(:failure),
	Cause Colors(
		{{"contamination", "Gray"}, {"oxide defect", "Red"}
		}
	),
	SendToReport(
		Dispatch(
			{"Plots"},
			"",
			TextEditBox,
			{Rotate Text("Left"), Set Wrap(277), Set Base Font("Axis Title")}
		),
		Dispatch(
			{"Plots"},
			"",
			Text Edit Box(2),
			{Rotate Text("Right"), Set Wrap(277), Set Base Font("Axis Title")}
		),
		Dispatch(
			{"Plots"},
			"",
			Text Edit Box(3),
			{Set Wrap(277), Set Base Font("Axis Title")}
		)
	)
)

So you should be able to color them by building value,color pairs into a list

[#3]

Hi @jthi ,

  Thanks for the info and pointing out that the Pareto platform already has a built-in option for coloring columns. Once I was able to build the nested list correctly, I was able to pass it to the Pareto platform and it works great.

Thanks!,

DS