Local Data filter & Animation - how to specify the range?

[#1]

The Animation Menu of the local Data Filter is a very convenient way to produce a gif image for a time series.

Unfortunately, when I click on play, the selected range changes before the animation starts

Is there an option to specify the width of the selected values?

 

[#2]

Hi,

Have you tried to adjust the size of the interval by selecting the context menu (downward red triangle) and defining the number of bins?

Best,

TS

[#3]

On my system (Jmp 17.1) this changes the width of the (grey) bins, but not the stepwidth (width of the blue region).

[#4]

After resizing bins, "re-size" the range once (it should start auto-scaling). That seems to work for me in JMP16.

Names Default To Here(1);
dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");

gb = dt << Graph Builder(
	Variables(X(:name), Y(:height)),
	Elements(Points(X, Y, Legend(295))),
	Local Data Filter(
		Show Modes(1),
		Add Filter(
			columns(:weight),
			Where(:weight >= 93.12 & :weight <= 115.88),
			Display(:weight, NBins(5))
		),
		Animation(Animate Column(:weight))
	)
);

Maybe some sort of "Lock Range" or similar could be useful feature when using animations? Or maybe even in general for filters.

Other option could be to create Nominal/ordinal column and use that for the local data filter.

[#5]

This is how it looks on my system - Jmp 17.1 & 16.2, Win 10.

Hard to find out what influences the step width -  but it's quite independent of the bin width setting.
Often, the step width of the animation fits to N=5 (independent of N), sometimes it's smaller (even for N=5).

Just an issue on my system?

 

[#6 · Accepted solution]

The min/max delta for animation is set once animation begins on a continuous column.  It does not reset after pausing the animation, but it does reset if you fully stop the animation and then restart it.

[#7]

@danschikore , thanks a lot

the it is:

• the user has to specify the step width before he opens the animation menu. presses play (edit after the last comment)
• after pressing play, changes don't have an effect on the step width -- as long as the animation menu is opened
• to change the step width after pressing play, one has to close the animation menu and re-open it:

[#8]

Hi @hogi - the step width is actually fixed at the point that you press "play" rather than when the animation panel is opened.  I am not sure why it does not allow the step to be reset when paused, but that is something we can consider for the future.

[#9]

An update to this thread - the data filter animation has been improved here in JMP 18, to allow the range for continuous filters to be reset when the animation is paused.