Using JMP - SAS

Chapter 4 Enter and Edit Data 121
Edit Data Tables
New Row
creates a new row in the data table.
Find displays the same window as if you had selected Rows > Row Selection > Select Where. Select one
of the options on the Action on currently selected rows menu, and then highlight the column whose
rows you want to select. Type in the value for which you want JMP to search. See “Select Cells” on
page 110.
Blink
causes the current row’s highlight to flash at a rapid rate.
Note: Text in a locked column or a locked data table cannot be edited. For details, see “Lock Tables” on
page 121, and “Lock Columns in Place” on page 139.
Context Menus for Rows and Columns
When you right-click in the row number area, or at the top of a column in the column name area, context
menus appear. These menus provide quick access to selected commands in the Rows and Columns menus.
For details about these options, see “Context Menu for Columns” on page 40 in the “Get Started” chapter
and “Context Menu for Rows” on page 41 in the “Get Started” chapter.
Edit Data Tables
This section describes the following actions that you can perform on data tables:
• Change the data table name
• Lock data tables
• Add table variables
• Add scripts to the data table
• Compare data tables
Change Table Names
A data table’s name appears at the top of its window, in the table panel, and on all related analysis reports.
You can change a data table’s name in any of the following ways:
• Select File > Save As and save as the new name.
• In the table panel, click twice on the table name, type the new name, and then press the Enter key.
• On Windows. select Window > Set Title.
Lock Tables
Locking a JMP data table prevents its values from being edited. You can still run analyses, assign
characteristics, and so on. To lock a data table, click the red triangle menu next to the table name in the
table panel and select Lock Data Table.