On the Graph Builder Box Plot, it is possible to color each box using the "Overlay" feature, but this makes the graph slightly less readable by reducing the box width, which is unnecessary in some contexts. Can JMP add a "Color" feature to the Graph Builder Box Plot?
I am using JMP 14.3.0.
Related: Fit Y by X, is it possible to color the boxes in a Box Plot by a column? What about Graph Builder?
Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
dt << New Column( "age 2", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( :age ) );
dt << New Column( "null", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( 0 ) );
dt << Graph Builder(
Show Control Panel( 0 ),
Variables( X( :age ), Y( :height ), Overlay( :null ) ),
Elements( Box Plot( X, Y, Legend( 6 ), Box Style( "Solid" ) ) ),
Column Switcher( :null, {:age 2, :null} )
);Just in case you wanted something like column switcher, here is a script that works in JMP 14.3 and 13.2
Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
dt << New Column( "age 2", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( :age ) );
dt << New Column( "null", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( 0 ) );
dt << Color by Column( :age2 );
dtsum = dt << Summary( Group( :age2) );
dtsum << New Column( "Color", Numeric, << set each value (Color Of() ) );
a_color = dtsum:Color << get values;
a_age = dtsum:age2 << get values;
naa = nitems(a_age);
Close( dtsum, NoSave);
New Window("Custom",
HListBox(
ob1 = OutlineBox( "Color By Column",
lb = ListBox({"age 2", "null"}, maxselected(1), nlines(2), <<SCRIPT>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/PRE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 999px;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6038925/uploads/images/26325i01DF2E6F7E17EBD0/image.png" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-287046" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-287046" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;That works on v13.2.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; Thanx.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-287042" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-287042" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Thanks. This is good enough. I look forward to this feature when I upgrade to JMP 15.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-287038" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-287038" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;It is not working in v13.2 either.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-287032" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-287032" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Sorry&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="https://community.jmp.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6002"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@robot&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;, I didn&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;t read your post carefully, and did not test on 14.3.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; I am using JMP15.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-286998" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-286998" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Thanks&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="https://community.jmp.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/70"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@gzmorgan0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; What version of JMP are you using?&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; In JMP 14.3.0, the &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; role has no effect.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-286893" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-286893" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="https://community.jmp.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6002"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;@robot&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;,&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Instead of giving :null the Overlay role, make it the Color role&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;PRE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;CODE class=" language-jsl"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
dt &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt; New Column( "age 2", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( :age ) );
dt &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt; New Column( "null", Numeric, "Ordinal", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( 0 ) );
dt &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt; Graph Builder(
Show Control Panel( 0 ),
Variables( X( :age ), Y( :height ), Color( :null ) ),
Elements( Box Plot( X, Y, Legend( 6 ), Box Style( "Solid" ) ) ),
Column Switcher( :null, {:age 2, :null} )
);&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/CODE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/PRE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 999px;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6038925/uploads/images/26303i19743A36C88FB817/image.png" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-286874" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-286874" slang="en-US"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;You can interactively change the color of the box plots, by right clicking on the chart and selecting &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;Customize&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="boxplot.PNG" style="width: 812px;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6038925/uploads/images/26302iFC06DCDC18C1E30B/boxplot.PNG" role="button" title="boxplot.PNG" alt="boxplot.PNG" /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Programmatically the script below was what the graph builder generated after I changed the color of the boxes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;PRE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;CODE class=" language-jsl"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Graph Builder(
Show Control Panel( 0 ),
Variables( X( :age ), Y( :height ), Overlay( :null ) ),
Elements( Box Plot( X, Y, Legend( 6 ), Box Style( "Solid" ) ) ),
Column Switcher( :null, {:age 2, :null} ),
SendToReport(
Dispatch(
{},
"Graph Builder",
FrameBox,
{DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (12)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Red" ), Fill Color( "Medium Dark Red" ),
Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (13)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Green" ),
Fill Color( "Medium Dark Green" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (14)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Blue" ), Fill Color( "Medium Dark Blue" ),
Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (15)" ),
{Line Color( "Magenta" ), Fill Color( "Magenta" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (16)" ),
{Line Color( "Gray" ), Fill Color( "Gray" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (17)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Light Orange" ),
Fill Color( "Medium Light Orange" ), Fill( 0 )}
)}
)
)
);&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/CODE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/PRE&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/CODE&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/PRE&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/LINGO-BODY&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-sub id="lingo-sub-286874" slang="en-US" mode="CREATE"&amp;amp;amp;gt;Re: Graph Builder Box Plot Color&amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-sub&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;lingo-body id="lingo-body-286874" slang="en-US" mode="CREATE"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;gt;You can interactively change the color of the box plots, by right clicking on the chart and selecting "Customize"&amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="boxplot.PNG" style="width: 812px;"&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6038925/uploads/images/26302iFC06DCDC18C1E30B/boxplot.PNG" role="button" title="boxplot.PNG" alt="boxplot.PNG" /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;lt;P&amp;amp;amp;gt;Programmatically the script below was what the graph builder generated after I changed the color of the boxes&amp;amp;amp;lt;/P&amp;amp;amp;gt;
&amp;amp;amp;lt;PRE&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;CODE class=" language-jsl"&amp;amp;amp;gt;Graph Builder(
Show Control Panel( 0 ),
Variables( X( :age ), Y( :height ), Overlay( :null ) ),
Elements( Box Plot( X, Y, Legend( 6 ), Box Style( "Solid" ) ) ),
Column Switcher( :null, {:age 2, :null} ),
SendToReport(
Dispatch(
{},
"Graph Builder",
FrameBox,
{DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (12)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Red" ), Fill Color( "Medium Dark Red" ),
Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (13)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Green" ),
Fill Color( "Medium Dark Green" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (14)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Dark Blue" ), Fill Color( "Medium Dark Blue" ),
Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (15)" ),
{Line Color( "Magenta" ), Fill Color( "Magenta" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (16)" ),
{Line Color( "Gray" ), Fill Color( "Gray" ), Fill( 0 )}
), DispatchSeg(
Box Plot Seg( "Box Plot (17)" ),
{Line Color( "Medium Light Orange" ),
Fill Color( "Medium Light Orange" ), Fill( 0 )}
)}
)
)
);&amp;amp;amp;lt;/CODE&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/PRE&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/lingo-body&amp;amp;amp;gt;</SCRIPT>
