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Chapter 3 Entering, Editing, and Managing Data 53
Elements of JMP Data Tables
The Columns Panel
The columns panel (Figure 3.6) contains a list of columns found in the data table, each column’s
modeling type, and any attributes assigned to the columns.
To access column commands, click the small red triangular icon to the left of the word Columns, as
shown in Figure 3.6. These commands give you the same options as selecting the Cols command from
the main menu, which is discussed in “The Cols Menu,” p. 430.
Icons to the left of each column name indicate the column’s modeling type: continuous, ordinal, or
nominal, as shown in Figure 3.6. Modeling types tell JMP how to use the column values in an analysis.
To change the modeling type, click the icon and select a different type. See “About Modeling Types,”
p. 59, for details.
Figure 3.6 The Columns Panel
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Indication of the number of columns
and how many columns are selected
Icons indicate the
modeling type
Click the icons to
change the modeling
type
Icons to the right of each column name, as shown in Figure 3.7, indicate characteristics and properties
the columns contain. See “Assigning Characteristics to Rows and Columns,” p. 131 and “Assigning
Properties to Columns,” p. 140, for details. To change the name of a column, double-click its name in
the column panel and begin typing. Or, highlight the entire column in the data grid and begin typing.
When you select columns in the Columns Panel the Edit > Copy command copies the names of the
columns. The same command in the data grid copies the data in the selected columns and rows.