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Avoid sending tables to journal

I'm trying to get avoid sending a table to the journal when I create plots. I setup conditions with "where" on the plots, but when the plot is not created, the table becomes the target object.

dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");

plt1 = dt << Variability Chart(
 Y( :height ),
 X( :age ),
);

plt1 << journal; // send plot 1 to journal, works fine


plt2 = dt << Variability Chart(
 Y( :height ),
 X( :age ),
 where(:age > 17)
);

plt2 << journal; // send plot 2 to journal, send the table instead of nothing

What is the elegant way to avoid sending the table to the journal?

Ideally, I'd like to check that plt is actually a plot:

Is there a way of checking this at runtime?

If ("plt2 is a plot" , plt2 << journal);

 

Re: Avoid sending tables to journal

I don't know why, but then JMP comes out of the Variability Chart, it has set the Current Data Table to something other than "dt";  I have seen this behavior before, so I just added in

Current Data Table(dt);

and it seems to fix the issue

dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");

plt1 = dt << Variability Chart(
 Y( :height ),
 X( :age ),
);

plt1 << journal; // send plot 1 to journal, works fine

current data table(dt);
plt2 = dt << Variability Chart(
 Y( :height ),
 X( :age ),
 where(:age > 13)
);

plt2 << journal; // send plot 2 to journal, send the table instead of nothing