Using JMP - SAS

Chapter 3 Import Your Data 53
About Importing Data to JMP
About Importing Data to JMP
You can import many file formats into JMP and save them as data tables. JMP opens many files by default.
The file formats which JMP does not support by default require specific Open Database Connectivity
(ODBC) drivers.
The Following File Formats Are Supported by Default:
• Comma-separated (.csv)
• .dat files that consist of text
• ESRI shapefiles (.shp)
• Flow Cytometry versions 2.0 and 3.0 (.fcs)
• HTML (.htm, .html)
• Microsoft Excel 1997–2003 (.xls)
• Microsoft Excel 2007 (*.xlsx, *.xlsm) (Windows without an ODBC driver installed)
• Minitab (.mtw, .mtp, but not .mpj)
• Plain text (.txt)
• SAS transport (.xpt, .stx)
• SAS versions 6–8 on Macintosh (.sas7bdat, .ssd, .ssd01, .saseb$data)
• SAS versions 6–9 on Windows (.sd2, .sd5, .sd7, .sas7bdat)
• SPSS files (.sav)
• Tab-separated (.tsv)
The Following Files Require ODBC Drivers:
• Database (dBASE) (.dbf, .ndx, .mdx) is supported with a V3+ compliant ODBC driver.
• Microsoft Access Database (.mdb) is supported with a V3+ compliant ODBC driver.
• On Macintosh, Microsoft Excel 2007+ (.xlsm, .xlsx, .xlsb) is supported with at least a version 3
compliant ODBC driver installed on the machine. 64-bit JMP requires a 64-bit ODBC driver.
See “Import Data from a Database” on page 88 for details for working with databases.
Your computer’s available memory affects data import. Very large files might load slowly or not at all.
Consider splitting up large files before importing them. In JMP, you can then join or concatenate the tables.
For more information, see “Concatenate Data Tables” on page 185 in the “Reshape Data” chapter and “Join
Data Tables” on page 188 in the “Reshape Data” chapter.
Note: You can open R code (.R) and SAS program files (.sas) in JMP, but the text opens in a Script
window, not in a data table.