Scripting Guide - SAS

Chapter 9 Data Tables 243
Messages for Data Tables
Learning About Data Tables’ Messages
Show Properties lists the messages a data table
can receive in the Log window. Show Properties
is a command that takes any scriptable object, such
as a data table, as its argument.
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big
Class.jmp" );
Show Properties( dt );
The message list is hierarchical, and [Subtable]
entries show the menus in which messages are found.
For example, one category of messages is Tables, and
these are all the messages shown in the main Tables
menu.
The messages labeled as [Action]s all result in
some action being taken. Some are shown to be
available for [Scripting Only] or
[Interactive Only].
The Analyze and Graph items are listed here
because you can send a platform name as a message
to a data table to launch the platform for that data
table through the usual launch window. The
“Scripting Platforms” chapter on page 307 discusses
platform-launching in more detail.
dt