JMP Start Statistics, 5th Edition

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Data Tables, Reports, and Scripts

Overview

JMP data are organized as rows and columns of a grid referred to as a data table. The columns have names and the rows are numbered. An open data table is kept in memory and displays a data grid with panels of information about the data table. You can open as many data tables in a JMP session as memory allows.

People often ask about the largest data table that JMP can handle. In general, the largest data table JMP should process is one that is about half the size as the actual memory resident in the machine. For example, if a machine has 4 GB of memory, JMP could comfortably manage a data table that is (approximately) 2 GB.

Commands in the File, Edit, Tables, Rows, and Cols menus give you a broad ...