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• Restore Default Axis Settings (macOS)

  Change the scale of a plot by clicking in the frame with the Magnifier tool Magnifier Tool or by rescaling the axes. Restore the original scaling using any of the following actions: Hold the Option key and click in the frame with the Magnifier toolDouble-click in the frame with the Magnifier toolRight-click the axes and select the Revert Axis command

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:10 PM

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• Restore Default Axis Settings (Windows)

  Change the scale of a plot by clicking in the frame with the Magnifier tool Magnifier Tool or by rescaling the axes. Restore the original scaling using any of the following actions: Hold the Alt key and click in the frame with the Magnifier toolDouble-click in the frame with the Magnifier toolRight-click the axes and select the Revert Axis command

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:09 PM

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• Virtually Join Data Tables

  If you want to merge related content in different data tables, save memory and time by joining them virtually. A virtual join links a main data table to one or more secondary data tables. The main table can then access data in the secondary tables without physically joining them. To do a virtual join: Open the tables that you want to virtually join.In the secondary table that contains a unique ide...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:08 PM

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• Confidence Intervals Other Than 95%

  Confidence interval commands in the Fit Model platforms use α = 0.05 by default. You can specify a different α-level in the Fit Model window. Select Set Alpha Level from the red triangle menu for Model Specification in the Fit Model window.In the window that appears, enter a number between 0 and 1 to specify the alpha for a 1-alpha confidence level. Set Alpha Level   Other platforms provide an opt...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:07 PM

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• Order Values in Reports

  By default, JMP always presents a variable's levels in alphabetical order. This is not always desirable. For example, you usually prefer to see seasons in chronological order, not alphabetical order. Right-click on the column name and select Column Info.Select Column Properties > Value Order.Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to specify the correct ordering. Value Ordering

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:06 PM

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• Assign Colors to Column Values

  Assign a range of colors to a column's values: Right-click the column and select Column Info.For nominal or ordinal values, click the Column Properties button and select Value Colors.To assign a specific color to each cell, click the color circle in the right column next to the value and select a color.To assign a gradient from high to low values, or between selected points, use the Macros button....

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:06 PM

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• Select Rows Using Histograms

  Use the histogram (select Analyze > Distribution) to select rows based on the levels of a variable. The histogram bars are linked to the data table, so clicking on a histogram bar selects every row represented by that bar. Histogram Selection

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 1:05 PM

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• Automatic Subsetting

  Double-click on any bar in a histogram (select Analyze > Distribution) to create a new data table with the data represented by that bar. Note: You can also right-click and select Subset. Subsetting Data

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:56 PM

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• Exclude Points

  If you suspect that a point is exerting undue influence on your fit, you can exclude it. Right-click the point.Select Row Exclude. When you add a new fit, it does not include the excluded point. Row Exclude Option

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:55 PM

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• Laser Pointer

  JMP has a built-in laser pointer that enables you to visually emphasize parts of a report. It is off by default. To turn it on, open Preferences and click Reports.From the Laser pointer menu, select the color that you want the laser pointer to use.Click OK.To use the laser pointer, click and drag anywhere on a JMP report where the cursor appears as a left-pointing arrow. The colored line of the la...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:55 PM

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• Change Modeling Types

  When changing the modeling type of a column, you can choose from these options: Continuous - For numeric dataNominal or Ordinal - For categorical dataNone - No modeling type (for data that is not included in the analysis)Multiple Response - For cells in a column that contain more than one response value, often separated by commasUnstructured Text - For data with free textVector - For Expression co...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:54 PM

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• Reorder Histograms

  In the Distribution platform, you can change the order of a histogram for a categorical variable. From the red triangle menu for the categorical variable, select Order By and choose Count Descending or Count Ascending.(Optional) To save the new order to the data table (as a value ordering property), select Save > Value Ordering. Reordering a Histogram  

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:51 PM

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• Expand and Collapse Blocks of JSL Code (macOS)

  Code folding markers show the beginning and the end of the code block, so you can collapse and expand code. To turn on code folding: Select JMP > Preferences > Script Editor.Select Code folding.Click OK. Note: By default, code does not remain collapsed after you save the script and restart JMP. To save the state of the folded code, select Save and restore document state information in the Script E...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:50 PM

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• Find and Select Columns by Property or Statistic

  If your data table contains many columns, it can be easy to forget where things are. Find columns that contain a column property or certain statistics with the Columns Viewer. Results in the Columns Viewer are linked to the source data table, which means that results are automatically selected in the data table and in launch windows. If you have many similar columns, you can find and select column...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:49 PM

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• Arrange Windows

  To arrange multiple windows side-by-side: Go to the Window List in the JMP Home Window.Hold Ctrl while selecting the windows (data tables, reports, scripts, and so on) that you want to arrange side-by-side.Right-click on the highlighted windows and select Arrange. Arrange Windows To arrange multiple report windows created from the same data table side-by-side: In the data table thumbnail panel at ...

  ruthhummel

  Feb 10, 2025 12:48 PM

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• Data Mining for Solutions in Root Cause Investigations

  Attention all Manufacturing Engineers!   This is a companion activity to the Mastering JMP session Getting a Handle on Optimizing Day-to-Day Process Manufacturing Operations.     During the presentation, a method is presented for using Data Mining to find solutions for root cause of process excursions.  From personal experience I can tell you this method works very well and can help save time...

  HydeMiller

  Jan 31, 2025 12:15 PM

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• Choosing and Using Right, Left or Interval Censored Data

  In reliability analysis, we often do not know the exact event time, number of cycles or other measures of interest for a part failure. Jerry Fish, at a January 2025 Reliability Users Group meeting, summarized how to identify and analyze three basic types of censored data - right censored, left censored, and interval censored.    (view in My Videos)

  gail_massari

  Jan 30, 2025 10:35 AM

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• Predictive Modeling Hands-on Activities

  These hands-on activities allow you to practice predictive modeling using JMP. The data files for the activity are in the zip file attached to this post. Extract the data in Predictive Modeling Hands-on Activity.zip for use in the following activities. Click this link for the solutions. A PDF file of these activities and solutions (in English) is attached to this post. Continuous response, continu...

  Di_Michelson

  Jan 17, 2025 9:39 AM

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• Workflow Builder Hands-on Activity and Solution

  This hands-on activity allows you to practice using Workflow Builder to import data from Excel, reshape the data table in JMP, then build a graph using Graph Builder. The instructions are below and in the attached PDF, which also contains the solutions. The Excel file is also attached to this post. 1. Create a new workflow and start recording.
  2. Import the data from the file Practice.xls into JMP....

  Di_Michelson

  Jan 17, 2025 9:26 AM

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• Scripting New Window( ) Hands-on Activities and Solutions

  These hands-on activities are for JMP scripters to practice scripting New Window( ) to communicate with the user and use the information provided by the user to develop appropriate reports. The instructions are provided below and in the attached PDF file, which also contains the solutions. The attached zip file contains the solution scripts and a data table used in one of the activities. Suppose y...

  Di_Michelson

  Jan 17, 2025 9:19 AM

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• Tips and Tricks 2024 (JMP 18)

  Here are some Tips and Tricks for using JMP more effectively!   Drilling Down into Data Create Graphlets and use graphs to filter on additional graphs! (view in My Videos) Capturing Data Selections Capture data selections that have been made interactively to filter and create new variables for analysis. Name Selection in Column and creating a formula that uses row states interactively are shown. (...

  Laura_Higgins

  Jan 15, 2025 6:23 AM

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• Detection and Remedies for Regression Model Assumptions Violations

  This series of videos consist of the material presented at the workshop The Heartbreak of Violated Assumptions (Healing a Broken Regression).   Part 1: Review of Linear Model and Assumptions (4:11) Part 2: Detecting Violations of Assumptions (16:03) Part 3: Remedies for Violations of Assumptions (20:49)

  Di_Michelson

  Nov 20, 2024 3:07 PM

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• Creating Screening Designs in the Custom Designer (From STIPS)

  ryandewitt

  Nov 20, 2024 8:21 AM

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• Fitting Nonlinear Regression Models in JMP

  This series of videos consist of the material presented at the workshop Off the Straight and Narrow: Fitting Nonlinear Regression Models in JMP. Part 1: Example of a Nonlinear Model (1:56) Part 2: Demonstration - Using the Nonlinear Platform in JMP (8:00) Part 3: Demonstration - Using the Fit Curve Platform in JMP (8:08) Part 4: Nonlinear Least Squares (9:35) Part 5: Loss Functions in the Nonlinea...

  Di_Michelson

  Nov 12, 2024 5:29 AM

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• Oversampling in predictive modeling

  This video is a supplement to the Predictive Modeling using JMP Pro course. It shows an example of how oversampling for classification works, both undersampling from the majority target level and oversampling from the minority level. It also demonstrates how to adjust the predicted probabilities for the sampling.  You might also be interested in the Imbalanced Classification Add-In, which was disc...

  Di_Michelson

  Nov 11, 2024 11:07 AM

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