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Chapter 4 Saving Tables, Reports, and Sessions 111
Saving Data Tables
Text formatting options are:
• Export Column Names to Text File To have column names as the first record of the text file and
labels or header information to be saved with the data, select Export Table Headers.
• End of Field Click the box beside the character found in the text file that serves as the delimiter
signifying the end of a field. Click the box beside Other and enter a character if the appropriate
character is not listed.
• End of Line Click the box beside the character found in the text file that serves as the delimiter
signifying the end of a line (row). Click the box beside Other and enter a character if the appropriate
character is not listed.
4 Saving Files
Note: If double-quotes are encountered when importing text data, the delimiter rules change and JMP
looks for an end double-quote. Other text delimiters, including spaces embedded within the quotes, are
ignored and treated as part of the text string.
Saving as a SAS Transport File
You can save a JMP data table in SAS transport file format or append a data table to an existing SAS
Transport document.
Using Windows and Linux
1 Select File > Save As.
2 Type a name for your file in the File Name box. Note that the maximum length of a data table name
depends on the operating system you are using.
3 Select the .xpt file extension (SAS Transport Files) from the Save as type drop-down menu.
To append the data table to an existing SAS transport library, click the box next to Append To, and
highlight the file to which you want to append.
4 Click Save.
Using Macintosh
1 Select File > Export.
2 To create a new SAS transport file, select SAS Transport.
3 Click Next.
4 Type a name for the file in the Save As box. Note that the maximum length of a data table name
depends on the operating system you are using.
5 Click Export.
6 To append the data table to an existing SAS transport library, select SAS Transport and check the
box beside Append.
7 Click Next.
8 Highlight the file to which you want to append.
9 Click Append.