Using JMP 12 (2015)

Table 12.1 Preferences on the General Page

Preference

Description

Show Tip of the Day at startup

Select this option to show the Tip of the Day window at start-up. This option is selected by default.

Clear this option to prevent the Tip of the Day window from appearing at start-up.

Initial Splash Window

Select this option to show the initial splash window at start-up. This option is selected by default.

Clear this option to prevent the initial splash window from appearing at start-up.

Initial JMP Starter Window

(Macintosh only) Select this option to show the JMP Starter window every time you start JMP. This option is on by default.

Initial JMP Window

(Windows only) Select one of the listed windows as the default window. When JMP starts, this window appears.

Home Window

(Macintosh) Select this option to show the JMP Home window when you start JMP on Macintosh.

Reopen the initial JMP window on last window close

(Windows only) Select this option to open whichever window you have set as the Initial JMP Window when you close the last JMP window. If this option is turned off, closing the last JMP window also quits JMP.

This option is on by default.

Excel Open Method

Select one of the options to determine how JMP imports Microsoft Excel worksheets.

Excel Wizard

Lets you preview a Microsoft Excel worksheet and modify the settings before importing the data. This is the default setting on Windows. On Macintosh, all .xlsx files open in the Excel Wizard.

Open All Sheets

Opens all worksheets in the workbook. On Macintosh, this preference is only for .xls files.

Select Individual Worksheets

Lets you select the worksheets that you want to open from a workbook. On Macintosh, this preference is only for .xls files.

On Windows, you can also select File > Open, select the workbook, click the Open button arrow, and select Open Selected Worksheets or Use Excel Wizard.

Note that when you open an Excel (.xls) file on Macintosh, an option to select worksheets is always available.

Use Excel Labels as Headings

Select this option to allow JMP to use Excel label names as column headings when importing Excel files. Available settings include:

•Use best guess (default)

•Always

•Never

Image Format for PowerPoint

Select the file format for images exported from Microsoft PowerPoint.

Windows does not support the native PDF graphics produced on Macintosh. Macintosh does not support the native EMF graphics produced on Windows. For cross-platform compatibility, specify the PNG or JPEG graphic format. Additional file formats are available through scripting. See the JSL Syntax Reference for details.

Use SPSS Labels for column names during import

Select this option to allow JMP to use SPSS label names as column headings when importing SPSS files.

Show menu tips

(Windows only) Select this option to see tooltips on main menu options and options in red triangle menus. This option is selected by default.

Annotate error lines in log

Select this option to print more informative error messages to the log. This option is deselected by default.

Show log warnings for JSL compatibility changes in JMP 12

Select this option to print warnings about JSL compatibility to the log.

Allow Unquoted Strings in JSL

Select this option to print a warning to the log when a string value in a platform message is unquoted. Quoted string values are preferred over literal names.

Yes (no warning)

Allows unquoted string values and does not print a warning to the log. This option is selected by default.

Yes (warning)

Allows unquoted string values and prints a warning to the log.

No

Ignores the unquoted string value and does not print a warning to the log.

Open Text File Charset

Select one of the options from the menu to determine what character encoding JMP uses to open files. Best Guess is the default.

Save Text Files as Unicode

JMP uses the Unicode character set, which supports special characters such as é and ½. It saves files without special Unicode characters as plain text automatically. This option is selected by default.

Clear this check box to save all your files as plain text.

Note that versions of JMP earlier than 5.1.2 cannot read Unicode files.

Save Journals GZ Compressed

Select this option to save JMP journals in a compressed format to save disk space.

Clear this option to save journals normally. This option is not selected by default.

Save Data Table Columns GZ Compressed

Select this option to allow JMP to save data tables using GZ compression. For backward compatibility, JMP 10 can read the compressed files but not save them. This option is not selected by default.

Save Scripts in English

Non-English versions of JMP can save scripts in either English or your local language. User-specified values (such as column names and text strings) in these scripts appear as they do in the data table. However, command words (such as Distribution and Set Value) appear in English rather than the local language in order for the script to run on JMP in English. JMP properly displays non-Roman characters (such as Japanese variable names) in JMP in English when the fonts support the necessary characters.

Select this option to save scripts in English no matter what language JMP is using.

Clear this option to save scripts in your local language. Note that these scripts run correctly only if JMP is running in the same language. This option is selected by default.

Display indexes in English

Shows sections of the JMP Indexes in English or the current locale’s language. The preference is selected by default. When you deselect it, the following items are displayed in the current locale’s language:

•The message list for objects

•The message list for display boxes.

•The category list for JSL functions.

Note: The description of each index item is always displayed in the current locale’s language. Examples are always in English.

Report Invalid Display Box Messages

Sends information about invalid display box messages to the log. This option is off by default.

This option can be useful during script development, but can cause unwanted log messages for existing scripts.

Add files opened by scripts to the Recent Files list

(Windows only) Select this option to include files opened by the JSL Open() command in the Home Window Recent Files pane and the File > Recent Files list.

Save the session when exiting

This option enables you to save the state of the JMP window when existing JMP. When opening JMP, the saved state is restored including any open files and windows.

Table 12.2 Preferences on the Reports Page

Preference

Description

Date Title on Output

Select this option to display the date and time the analysis occurred in your report windows. This option is cleared by default.

Data Table Title on Output

Select this option to display the name of the data table and notes, if there are any, at the top of the report. This option is cleared by default.

Hover Help

On some numeric output, JMP provides tooltip-style help when you circle the mouse over a result.

Select this option to see a tooltip where it is available. This option is selected by default.

Close report action

Select one of the options from the menu to determine what happens when you close a report:

Prompt

When you close a report, you are prompted to save it.

Discard

When you close a report, you are not prompted to save it, and the report is not saved. This is the default selection.

Save / Auto-save

When you close a report, it is automatically saved using the preference selected in the “Auto-save the report to” menu.

Auto-save the report to

Select one of the options from the menu to determine where a report is saved:

Prompt

When you close a report, you are prompted for a location to save it. This is the default selection.

Data Table Script

When you close a report, it is saved as a script in the open data table.

Journal Script

When you close a report, it is saved to a journal window.

Log Window

When you close a report, its script is written to the log window.

Save table with report

Select one of the options from the menu to determine how a table is saved to a report:

Embed

When you save a report, the table is embedded into the report. Choose this option if you want to share the report with others. The data table that is stored in the report is reopened (unchanged) each time the report is opened. If you make changes to the table, they are not saved into the report unless you re-save the report.

Separate

When you save a report, the table is referenced in the report.

Prompt

When you save a report, you are prompted to specify how to save the report: either to embed the table within the report, or to add a reference to the table in the report.

Prompt is selected by default.

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, select a color for the laser pointer from the menu.

Show conditional formatting

Conditionally formats the color of the text that represents the values. Available for correlation values, p-values, and factor pattern values.

Select one of the options from the menu:

Always

Conditional formatting is always applied to correlation values, p-values, and factor pattern values.

Screen Only

Conditional formatting is always applied to correlation values, p-values, and factor pattern values. However, the conditional formatting does not show when the report is printed.

Never

Conditional formatting is never applied to correlation values, p-values, and factor pattern values.

Manage Rules

Creates custom conditional formatting rules that can be applied to numeric columns or matrices. See “Use Conditional Formatting” in the “JMP Platforms” chapter.

Note: Verify the Use an Asterisk with the PValue Format preference to ensure asterisk (*) is or is not used for any p-value conditions.

Use an Asterisk with the PValue Format

Select this option to display an asterisk (*) next to significant p-values. This option is on by default.

Note: Verify any conditional formatting rules for PValue to ensure asterisk (*) is not used for any defined conditions.

Table 12.3 Preferences on the Graphs Page

Preference

Description

Graph Border

Draws a border line around the area of the graph. This option is not selected by default.

Y-Axis Title Above Graph

Shows the Title for the Y-Axis above the line rather than beside the line. This option is not selected by default.

Hide Overlapping Labels

Select this option to hide overlapping chart labels. This option is selected by default.

Graph Height

Sets the default height (in pixels) for a graph. Default is 240 pixels.

Line Width

Sets the default width (in pixels) for lines that pertain to content. Default is 2 pixels.

Note: Does not apply to grid lines.

Graph Marker size

Select a default size for the markers in graphs: Dot, Small, Medium, Large, XL, XXL, or XXXL.

Graph Marker

Select a default marker shape for the markers in graphs.

Graph Marker Theme

Select a default theme for the markers in graphs when you mark by row or column.

Marker Selection Mode

Select the default formatting for selected markers. See “Marker Selection Modes” in the “JMP Platforms” chapter.

Marker Selection Color

When the Marker Selection Mode is Selected Same Color, this setting applies the specified color to selected markers. Default color is Red.

Marker Selection Fade

When the Marker Selection Mode is Unselected Faded, this setting fades the unselected markers by the specified amount (in percent). The default is 65%.

Marker Label Color Style

Select the color of the marker label that appears on a graph when you label a column in the data table.

Marker Color

The marker label is the same color as the marker. This option is selected by default.

Marker Color Faded

The marker label is faded according to the Marker Selection Fade preference.

Fixed Color

The marker label color is as specified. The Marker Label Fixed Color preference determines the color.

Marker Label Fixed Color

Select the color of fixed-color marker labels, an option that you select in the Marker Label Color Style preference. The default color is gray.

Fast Marker Threshold

When JMP refreshes a report window, it can draw markers on a plot at two different speeds: normal and fast. If JMP is in normal drawing mode, and the number of markers in a graph are more than the specified threshold number, JMP automatically switches to fast mode.

Enter the number of markers that separate normal and fast mode. The default is 50,000.

Fill Hollow Markers

Select this option to apply an opaque background to markers.

Fill Selection Mode

Select the default highlight for selected rows in graphic objects:

Selected Patterned

A striped pattern (default)

Selected Darkened

A solid darker color

Selected Outlined

An outline

Selected Same Color

The Fill Selection Color in the preferences formats the selected object.

Fill Selection Color

Select the default color of selected rows in graphic objects when the Fill Selection Mode is “Selected Same Color”. The default color is red.

Continuous Color Theme

Select a default color theme for continuous data. The default theme is Blue to Gray to Red. See “Create Color Themes” in the “Enter and Edit Data” chapter.

Categorical Color Theme

Select a default color theme for categorical data. The default theme is JMP Default. See “Create Color Themes” in the “Enter and Edit Data” chapter.

Table 12.4 Preferences on the Styles Page

Preference

Description

Color Presets

The Color Presets provides a set of predefined colors for use in customizing the appearance of reports, graphs, charts, and so on Tints of the selected color are applied to the various elements.

Note: The selected color is applied also to windows.

Frame Color

Defines the color applied to a graph frame and tick marks. Click to change the default color.

Major Grid Line Color

Defines the major grid line color. Click to change the default color.

Minor Grid Line Color

Defines the minor grid line color. Click to change the default color.

Graph Background Color

Click the color box to select a background color for all graphs. Click to change the default color.

Window Background Color

Click the color box to select a background color for all reports and data tables. Click to change the default color.

Original

Click to restore default color settings.

Frame Border

Shows borders only on the axes.

Tick marks inside graph frame

Shows axis tick marks inside the graph frame.

Major Grid Lines

Shows major grid lines on graphs.

Minor Grid Lines

Shows minor grid lines on graphs.

Underline Table Headings

Shows border under table headings.

Shade Table Headings

Shows table headings with shading.

Table Column Borders

Shows borders between table columns.

Table Row Borders

Shows borders between table rows.

Shade Alternate Table Rows

Shows alternate table rows with shading.

Shade Table Cells

Shows table cells with shading.

Preview Graph

Shows a preview area where you can see your changes before applying them.

Table 12.5 Preferences on the Tables Page

Preference

Description

Evaluate OnOpen Scripts

If you save a script to a data table and name it OnOpen or On Open, JMP can automatically run the script whenever you open the data table. On Open scripts that execute other programs are never run.

Prompt is selected by default. Your choice is remembered each time you open the data table in the current JMP session.

Select Always to allow On Open scripts to run without prompting.

Select Never to prevent On Open scripts from automatically running when a data table is opened.

Allow short numeric data format

JMP has the ability to store numeric data in as few as 8 bits (one byte). This option makes short-integer formats available to you when you select Cols > Column Info and assign a column a data type. When you use the correct short-integer format for your data, the numbers are not displayed differently, but the data table uses less disk space. See “The Short-Integer Format” in the “The Column Info Window” chapter.

Print Data Grid as is

Select this option to print the JMP data table as it appears on the screen.

Clear this option to resize column widths to accommodate the content width. This option is cleared by default.

Preserve SAS variable names when exporting to SAS

Select this option to use variable names that are compliant with SAS when you export a JMP data table to a SAS data set. This option is cleared by default.

Preserve SAS formats when exporting to SAS

Select this option to use formats that are compliant with SAS when you export a JMP data table to a SAS data set. This option is selected by default.

Show Alternate Column Name

Select this option to show the name-label pair of the column. A column has name-label pair if the two column properties are defined and the Column Name equals one of the two properties.

JMP recognizes the following name-label pairs:

•SAS name-label pair, where the properties are “SAS Name” and “SAS Label”

•SPSS name-label pair, where the properties are “SPSS Name” and “SPSS Label”

•Short-long name-label pair, where the properties are “Short Name” and “Long Name”

If the preference is checked, then both the name and label appear in the dialog.

Use Thousands Separator

Select this option to display numbers using the locale-appropriate thousands separator. This option is not selected by default.

Default Field Width

Changes the number of digits that appear in numeric columns.

Use a Floating Window for Data Filters

Select this option to float the Data Filter window on top of its associated data table. Clearing this option causes the Data Filter window to behave like any other window. This option is selected by default.

Data Filter Select Check

Select this option to show the Select check box in the Data Filter. This option is selected by default.

Data Filter Show Check

Select this option to show the Show check box in the Data Filter. This option is not selected by default.

Data Filter Include Check

Select this option to show the Include check box in the Data Filter. This option is not selected by default.

Data Filter Auto Clear

Select this option to show the Auto clear option in the Data Filter red triangle menu. This option is selected by default.

Data Filter Check Box Display

Select this option to always use check boxes for categorical filter columns. This option is not selected by default.

Include Responses Not in Data

(Categorical columns only) Shows all of the possible responses listed in value labels, even if the response is not present within the data.

Numeric keypad Enter key moves down

(Windows only) When a data table cell is selected and you press the Enter (or Return) key on the keyboard, the next table cell down is selected. Pressing either the TAB key or the ENTER key on the numeric keypad located to the right of the keyboard selects the next table cell to the right.

Select this option to change the behavior of the ENTER key on the numeric keypad to select the next table cell down instead of to the right. This option is cleared by default.

Suppress Formula Eval on Open

Select this option to prevent columns formulas from being evaluated when you open data tables.

Clear this option to allow formulas to be evaluated when you open data tables. This option is cleared by default.

ODBC Hide Connection String

Select this option to have the Open Database command hide the ODBC connection settings (that is, user ID and password). See the Scripting Guide book for additional information.

Data Table Background Color

Click the color box to select a background color for data tables.

Data Table Grid Color

Click the color box to select a color for the grid lines in a data table.

Data Table Header Grid Color

Click the color box to select a background color for the column names.

Table 12.6 Frequently Used Graph Builder Preferences

Continuous Points Limit

For continuous variables, this number indicates the number of rows at which the Points element is no longer shown initially. The default value is 1500.

Continuous Alternate

For continuous variables, indicates the element to display when there are more rows than the Points limit can handle. The default value is None, or you can select Contour (density contour).

If None is selected, and the Continuous Smoother is turned off, Points appear when the limit is breached.

Continuous Smoother

For continuous variables, indicates whether the Continuous Smoother should appear.

Categorical Points Limit

For categorical variables, this number indicates the number of rows at which the Points element is no longer shown initially. The default value is 1500.

Categorical Alternate

For categorical variables, indicates the element to display when there are more rows than the Points limit can handle. The default value is Box Plot, or you can select from the following options:

•None

•Contour

•Line

•Smoother

•Box Plot

•Bar

•Histogram

Jitter

Indicates whether jittering is on by default. Small spaces are displayed between the data points so that you can see each point more clearly. (Only applies to elements that support jittering.)

Table 12.7 Preferences for Print Settings

Preference

Description

Top (margin)

Sets the print page’s top margin. The default value is 0.75 inches.

Left (margin)

Sets the print page’s left margin. The default value is 0.75 inches.

Right (margin)

Sets the print page’s right margin. The default value is 0.75 inches.

Bottom (margin)

Sets the print page’s bottom margin. The default value is 0.75 inches.

Left (header)

Sets the page’s left-side header information. The default value is &wt; (that is, the title).

Center (header)

Sets the page’s center header information. The default value is blank.

Right (header)

Sets the page’s right-side header information. The default value is Page &pn; of &pc; (that is, Page # of count).

Left (footer)

Sets the page’s left-side footer information. The default value is blank.

Center (footer)

Sets the page’s center footer information. The default value is blank.

Right (footer)

Sets the page’s right-side footer information. The default value is blank.

Orientation

Sets the page’s print orientation as either Portrait or Landscape. The default value is Portrait.

Scale Factor

Sets the page’s print scaling factor (in percent). The default value is 100%.

Table 12.8 Preferences for Import Settings for Text Files

Preference

Description

Import Settings

Select the strategy JMP uses to open text files. The default selection is Use these settings. In that case, you need to ensure that the settings reflect your text files.

If you select Use Best Guess, JMP collects statistics in the text file on tabs, commas, blanks, and a few other characters and uses a rule-based system to decide what the file format might be. The rules try to make reasonable field widths and a reasonable number of fields per line. If your data format is too different from what the rules are designed to guess, JMP guesses incorrectly. In that case, either use the wizard or explicitly describe your data in these preference settings.

End Of Field

Select one or more characters to use as the delimiter that signifies the end of a field when importing text data.

Select the Other option and enter a character to specify a delimiter that is not listed.

End Of Line

Select one or more characters to use as the delimiter that signifies the end of a line (row).

Select the Other option and enter a character to specify a delimiter that is not listed.

Note that if double-quotes are encountered when importing text data, the delimiter rules change to look for an end double-quote. Other text delimiters, including spaces, that are embedded within the quotes are ignored and treated as part of the text string.

Table contains column headers

Select this option if your text file contains columns names. If you select this option, enter the line number where the column names are located in the field next to Column Names are on line.

Column Names are on line

If you select the Table contains column headers option, enter the line number where the column names are located in this field.

Data starts on line

Enter the line number where the data starts in your text file.

When determining column types

Set how long JMP scans a text file to determine data types for the columns. Scan whole file is selected by default. Note that the Scan whole file option can cause importing a text file to be slow for large files. Consider selecting Scan for 5 seconds instead.

When your text file contains columns of missing data, select Treat empty columns as numeric to import the columns as numeric rather than character. A period, Unicode dot, NaN, or a blank string are possible missing value indicators. This option is deselected by default.

Two-digit year rule

Select the rule that you want to use to import dates that have two-digit years instead of four. For details about these rules, see “Two-digit year rule” in the “Import Your Data” chapter.

Try to compress

Select the options used for compressing text files. Available options are:

•Numeric columns

•Character columns

•Allow List Check

Note: This feature requires a scan of the entire file.

Strip enclosing quotation marks

Select this option to remove quotation marks that enclose data in the text file. This option is selected by default.

Recognize apostrophe as quotation mark

Select this option to treat apostrophes as quotation marks and omit them. This option is off by default.

Note: This option is not recommended unless your data comes from a nonstandard source that places apostrophes around data fields rather than quotation marks.

Table 12.9 Preferences for Export Settings for Text Files

Preference

Description

Export Table Headers

Select this option to include column names when you save data tables as text files.

End Of Field

Select one or more characters to use as the delimiter signifying the end of a field when exporting text data.

Select the Other option and enter a character to specify a delimiter that is not listed.

End Of Line

Select one or more characters to use as the delimiter that signifies the end of a line (row).

Select the Other option and enter a character to specify a delimiter that is not listed.

Table 12.10 Windows Specific Preferences

Preference

Description

Display Language

Select the language in which you want to run JMP.

The locale settings for your operating system normally determine settings for number, date, and currency formats. Select the option below the language menu to use that language to determine these formats instead.

Text that appears in windows provided by the operating system (for example, File > Open), do not reflect changes in the language setting.

Note: After changing the display language, close and restart JMP to have the language settings fully take effect.

Copy/Drag Graphic Formats

Select one or more graphic formats to use when copying and pasting (or dragging and dropping) graphics from JMP into other applications.

Resolution (DPI) for PNG and JPEG Images

Specify the DPI to be used when you copy a graphic format. Choose from the Default (96) or 300 DPI. 300 DPI is good for images that must be stretched, embedded in trade publications, or printed. However, this setting uses more memory and is slower to generate for large images. For details about specifying a higher DPI, see “Setting the Graphic DPI” in the “Save and Share Data” chapter.

Graphics Formats

Select the format to use for graphics when you save a JMP report as an RTF file or an HTML file.

In the Graphic Scale Factor % box, enter the percentage at which you want graphics to appear in other applications. This feature might not work with all versions of your chosen application.

Highlight Outline Headers

Select this option to give title bars in the data table and report windows a light shade of gray. This option is selected by default.

Clear this option to give the title bars a darker shade of gray.

JSL Scripts should be run only, not opened, when selected from Recent Files or a file browser

Select this option to force all scripts to run when opened. If this is selected, the script window for the script is not opened. This option is off by default.

Show on the Windows task bar

Select which JMP windows you would like displayed on the Windows task bar. The default selection is All Windows. You can also choose to display the main JMP window and data table windows.

Open the JMP Log window

Select one of the options to open the log only when text (such as error messages) is added to it or every time you start JMP. The default setting displays the log only when you open it.

Auto-hide menu and toolbars

Select the rule used to determine when menus and toolbars are hidden. The default value is Based on window size.

Wrap the main menu in narrow windows

Select this option to wrap the menu to additional lines when the window is narrower is than the menu. This option is on by default.

Show the thumbnail panel in data table windows

Select this option to show the thumbnail panel of reports at the bottom of a data table. This option is on by default.

Dock the Window List in maximized windows

Select this option to automatically dock the Window List if you maximize your JMP windows. This option is off by default.

Reset file associations to this application

Click this button to associate all JMP file types with the JMP version that you are running.

Table 12.11 Macintosh OS Settings

Preference

Description

Alternate Image Formats for Clipboard and Drag & Drop

Select one or more graphic formats to use when copying and pasting (or dragging and dropping) graphics from JMP into other applications.

Clipboard Image Scale Factor

Enter the percentage at which you want graphics to appear in other applications.

Image format for RTF

Select the format to use for graphics when you save a JMP report as an RTF file.

RTF Image Scale Factor

Enter the percentage at which you want graphics to appear in RTF documents.

Image format for HTML

Select the format to use for graphics when you save a JMP report as an HTML file.

Table 12.12 Preferences for Customizing Fonts

Preference

Description

Text

Sets the font for the text portion of a JMP analysis report.

Heading

Sets the font for the heading of columns in an analysis report and a data table.

Title

Sets the font for the title shown in all title bars.

Small

Sets the font for small text, which is used in the upper left corner of the data grid to show the number of columns and rows.

Mono

Sets the font used in the JMP Scripting Language (JSL) editor for script commands.

Formula Editor

Sets the font for the expressions entered into the Formula Editor.

Annotation

Sets the default font used in annotations.

Axis

Sets the font used for the axis tick labels.

Marker

Sets the font used for alphanumeric markers.

Axis Title

Sets the font for axis titles.

Data Table

Sets the font for displaying data in the data table.

Font Family

Select a proportional font. The font that you select is immediately applied to all settings except for Mono, which is used for scripts.

Enable special font effects

(Windows only) Select this option to enable setting Underline and Strikeout in the other font settings. This option is cleared by default.

Use Greek letters

Select this option to use Greek letters instead of spelling out Greek letters. (For example, π instead of pi.) This option is selected by default.

Use math symbols

Select this option to use math symbols instead of simple text representations of math symbols. (For example, ± instead of +/-) This option is selected by default.

Table 12.13 Preferences on the Communications Page

Preference

Description

Port

Select the port that your data source uses.

Baud Rate

Set the baud rate for your data source.

Data Bits

Set the number of data bits (7 or 8).

Parity

Set the parity bit. None is the default value.

Stop Bits

Set the stop bits (1 or 2).

Flow Control

Set the flow control. XON/XOFF is the default value.

Table 12.14 Preferences on the File Locations Page

Preference

Description

Data Files directory

Change the folder in which JMP looks for data files (for example, data tables).

Help Files directory

Change the folder in which JMP looks for Help files.

Installation directory

Change the JMP installation folder.

License file path

Change the folder in which JMP looks for your JMP License file.

Preferences file directory

Change the folder in which JMP looks for preference information.

Save As directory

Change the folder in which JMP saves data files when you select File > Save As.

Always go to this directory when the File Open window is displayed

Select to have JMP always use the selected path when you select File > Open.

Table 12.15 Preferences on the Script Editor Page

Preference

Description

Use tabs

Select this option to enable tabs in your scripts. This option is selected by default.

Clear this option to replace any tab that you type with spaces.

Tab width

Enter how many spaces a tab should indent. If you have disabled tabs, any tab you type is replaced with the number of spaces specified. The default value is 4.

Extra space at bottom of document

Select this option to enable scrolling up from the last blank lines of a script. This option is selected by default on Windows and deselected on Macintosh.

Auto-complete parentheses and braces

Select this option to enable the script editor to automatically add closing parentheses, square brackets, and curly braces when you type an opening one. This option is selected by default.

Show line numbers

Select this option to show the line numbers on the left side of the script editor. This option is off by default.

Show indentation guides

Select this option to see faint vertical lines that mark indention. This option is selected by default.

Show operator tips

Select this option to see tooltips for JSL operators. This option is selected by default.

Show variable value tips

Select this option to see tooltips for variable values. This option is selected by default.

Wrap Text

Select this option to always wrap text in the script editor. This option is off by default.

Show embedded log on script window open

Select this option to have an embedded log window appear in the scripting window when editing or running scripts. This option is off default.

Color unknown object messages

Select this option to always show unknown object messages in color. Unknown object messages will appear in the color specified by “Message unknown color”. This option is off by default.

Save and restore document state information

Saves the state of collapsed and expanded code, and restores that state when the script is reopened.

Spaces inside parentheses

Select this option to cause the script editor to add spaces between parentheses, brackets, and braces and their contents for automatically formatted scripts. This is on by default.

Spaces in operator names

Select this option to cause the script editor to add spaces between words within operator names. For example, turning on this option results in New Window instead of NewWindow. This option is selected by default.

JSL code folding

Select this option to use code folding markers in the script editor, which mark the opening and closing of user defined functions and Expr() blocks. You can expand and collapse these marked blocks of code. This option is off by default.

You can also choose the appearance of the marker using the JSL code folding marker menu.

Allow additional code folding keywords

Select this option to enable using additional keywords for folding markers in the script editor. See the Scripting Guide book for details.

Color selection

To set your own color for any of the listed types, click the color box and select your color.

Table 12.16 Preferences on the SAS Integration Page

Preference

Description

SAS Server Version

Select the default version for the SAS Server. This can also be changed in the Server Connections window. (See “Connect to a SAS Metadata Server” in the “Import Your Data” chapter.) This option does not apply when connecting to local SAS on Windows.

I want to connect to a SAS Environment

Select this option to always connect to a SAS Environment and click Configure to configure the URL of the location.

I want to connect to a SAS Metadata Server

Select this option to always connect to a SAS Metadata Server. This option is selected by default.

Clear this option if you do not have a SAS Metadata Server available, and you connect directly to SAS Workspace Servers instead.

I will manually connect to SAS workspace servers

Select this option to manually connect to a SAS workspace server.

Automatically connect metadata-defined SAS libraries

Select this option to connect to metadata-defined SAS libraries automatically when you connect to a SAS Workspace Server. Selected by default.

When the Workspace Server contains a large number of metadata-defined SAS libraries, deselect this option to speed up your connection to the server.

Automatically generate ODS results

Select this option to generate ODS (operational data store) results. This option is cleared by default.

ODS Result Format

Select the format for ODS reports. The default value is HTML.

ODS Style

Enter the style name for ODS reports. The default value is Statistical.

ODS Style sheet

Enter the style sheet name for ODS reports.

Prompt if results are larger than __ MB

Enter the number of MB that triggers a prompt for you to continue or cancel the operation. The default value is 5.

Graphics Format

Select the format for graphics for ODS reports.

Generate ODS statistical graphics

Select this option to include statistical graphics in the ODS reports.

Import generated SAS data sets into JMP

Select this option to import any generated data sets into JMP automatically.

Prompt if data set has more than __ rows

Enter the number of rows that triggers a prompt for you to continue or cancel the operation. The default value is 100,000.

Use SAS variable labels for column names during data import

Select this option to use the column labels in the SAS data set as the JMP data table column names when importing a SAS data set into a JMP data table.

Convert SAS custom formats to JMP value labels

Select this option to use the information in the SAS column formats to set JMP value labels when importing a SAS data set into a JMP data table.

Warn before closing unsaved imported data

Select this option to trigger a prompt to save any SAS data sets that you imported into JMP and have not saved before closing.

On export, store table and column properties in extended attributes

Select to allow extended attribute support during SAS 9.4 data export. This option is not selected by default.

On import, apply table and column properties from extended attributes

Select to allow extended attribute support during SAS 9.4 data import. This option is not selected by default.

Stored Process Results: Format

Select a report format: HTML, RTF, or PDF.

Stored Process Results: Graph Format

Select a graph format: ActiveX Image (only available on a SAS server that runs on Windows), Java Image, PNG, JPEG, or GIF.

Show SAS Log

Select Always, Never, or On Error to set when the SAS log is displayed

Location

Select the location for SAS log information: within the JMP log window, or in a separate SAS log window.

Table 12.17 Preferences on the JMP Updates Page

Preference

Description

Check for Updates

Select this option to have JMP automatically check for updates.

If this option is selected, specify how often the check is performed: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.

Current Version

What version of JMP you are currently running.

Last Check

The last time you checked for an update.

Check Now

Click this button to perform an update check immediately.

Table 12.18 Preferences on the JSL Debugger Page

Preference

Description

Show Line Numbers

Shows or hides the line numbers for the script in the debugger. The default value is selected.

Break on Multiple Statements Per Line

Stops executing the script between each expression in a single line. The default value is deselected.

Break On Throw

Breaks when an exception error occurs in a Try() function. For example, the exception error in the Try() function is thrown by a Throw() function. The Debugger breaks on theThrow() instead of continuing through the rest of the codes. This lets you identify where the problem occurred in the script and then return to debugging. The default value is deselected.

Break On Execution Error

Stops executing the script when the error occurs rather than closing the Debugger. The default value is selected.

Warn On Assignment In Condition

Select to show a warning when you enter an assignment expression for the breakpoint condition. For example, if you specify x = 1 instead of x == 1 in the breakpoint condition, you are prompted to verify the specification. The default value is selected.

Enter Debugger Upon Termination

Select to enter the Debugger when JMP terminates. The default value is selected.

Table 12.19 Preferences on the Query Builder Page

Preference

Description

Automatically join tables added to a query

Automatically joins database tables in Query Builder based on keys and common column names. This option is selected by default. Deselect this option to prevent memory issues with large databases.

Maximum number of levels for a Check Box List filter

Specifies whether the filter for a categorical variable is added as a Check Box List filter. By default, when you add a categorical variable that has more than 1,000 levels, the filter is added as a Like or Not Like filter. You can change the filter to a Check Box List in Query Builder.

Refresh the preview when a change occurs

Updates the data view on the Query Preview tab when a change occurs. This option is selected by default.

Run the preview update in the background

Updates the data view Query Preview tab without displaying the status so that you can continue to work while the queries run. This option is selected by default.

Run queries in the background when possible

Runs database queries without displaying the status so that you that can continue to work Query Builder while the queries run. This option is selected by default.