Chapter 3. Data Tables, Reports, and Scripts

Overview

JMP data are organized as rows and columns of a grid referred to as the 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.

Note

People often ask about the largest data table that JMP can handle. This question is harder to answer than it sounds, since JMP can store some types of data in a more compact form than others. In general, we recommend that the largest data table that JMP should be used for is one that is the same size as the actual memory resident in the machine. So, for example, this book is being ...

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