Using JMP - SAS

318 Save and Share Data Chapter 10
Save and Share Data Tables
Save a Data Table to Open in JMP 5.1.2 or Earlier
JMP 10 uses the Unicode character set, which supports special characters such as é and ½. You can save data
tables from JMP so that they can be opened in older applications that do not support Unicode (such as JMP
5.1.2 and earlier). This works if all of the data table’s character data is all convertible to a legacy character set
that the application can read.
There are two ways to maintain backward compatibility:
• For data tables, select File > Save As. On Windows, select Use JMP V5 format (no Unicode). On
Macintosh, the check box is JMP 5 Compatible (without Unicode text). Then click Save.
• For text files, disable the Unicode feature in the preferences as described below:
1. Select File > Preferences (Windows) or JMP > Preferences (Macintosh).
2. Click the General category.
3. Deselect Save Text Files as Unicode.
4. Click OK.
Your text files are saved as plain text.
Save as a Text File
JMP can convert data from a JMP data table to standard text format with rows and columns. To save a data
table as a text file, follow the steps in Table 10.2 based on your operating system and how you want to save
the file.
Table 10.2 Saving a Data Table as a Text File
Windows
Macintosh
1. Select File > Save As.
2. Select Text Export File from the Save as type list.
3. Click the Options button and specify end-of-line and end-of-field characters, and
choose whether to export column headings as text.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Save.
An alert appears regarding loss of formulas, formatting information, and other
metadata.
6. Click Yes.
1. Select File > Export.
2. Select Text and click Next.
3. Type a name for the file in the Save As box and change the extension to .txt.
4. Specify end-of-line and end-of-field characters, and choose whether to export column
headings as text.
5. Click Export.