Basic Analysis and Graphing - SAS

378 Creating Contour Plots Chapter 14
Contour Plot Platform Options
Specify
This option is both in the Launch window and on the red triangle menu for Contour Plot (the Specify
Contours option).
Selecting this option displays the Contour Specification window. See Figure 14.7. Using this window, you
can do the following:
• change the number of contours
• specify minimum and maximum values to define the range of the response to be used in the plot
• change the increment between contour values
You supply any three of the four values, and the remaining value is computed for you. Click on the check
box to deselect one of the numbers and automatically select the remaining check box.
Figure 14.7 The Contour Specification Window
Retrieve
Colors are automatically assigned and are determined by the number of levels in the plot. After the plot
appears, you can right-click (press CONTROL and click on the Macintosh) on any contour in the plot
legend and choose from the JMP color palette to change that contour color.
This option is both in the Launch window (the Retrieve button) and on the red triangle menu for Contour
Plot (the Retrieve Contours option).
Note: Neither the button nor the menu option are active unless there is an open data table in addition to
the table that has the contour plotting values. When you click Retrieve or select Retrieve Contours, a
window with a list of open data tables appears.
Using this option, you can retrieve the following from an open JMP data table:
• the number of contours
• an exact value for each level
• a color for each level
From the list of open data tables, select the data table that contains the contour levels.