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Saving Your Analyses in Many Ways Using JMP

One of the key parts of any analysis is to be able to communicate your findings in an organized manner. JMP has a variety of ways to save your analyses and share them with your colleagues. I've recently stepped through a number of ways to work with your analyses in a Webcast.

True to JMP’s philosophy, every analysis has two parts: the visualizations and the statistics. Depending on the method you choose, you may have more or less freedom to edit either part or both parts of the analysis.

In the table below, I’ve summarized the different options within JMP and the benefits of each one. One thing to keep in mind is that the longer you keep an analysis within JMP, the longer you’ll have JMP functionalities -- for example, live data linking, the opening and closing of Outline items (blue triangles), and plotting points as different colors or marker types.

Once you’ve taken an image or text out of JMP, you are limited to the capabilities of whatever program you bring it into to make any changes or edits. I’ve labeled a few of the options as JMP Systems Engineer favorites. We are often interfacing with new and experienced users and have a few methodologies that seem to be most useful to all users.

Easy to organizeJMP editing capabilities No need to change data tableJMP editing capabilities Location of files is hard coded(default)† Retain some JMP functionality Edit-> Layout Editable text No visualizations Vector images Can update images Not easily editableEmbedded links to any file typesSnapshotAny file typesTotally archivable JMP and 3rd party filesProvides organizing structure that retains data interactivityMac accessible

Saving Analyses
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File Extension/ Path to Saving
Report
	No additional files
	Need access to data table
	Hot Spot -> Script -> Save script to data table (.jmp)*
	Retains data interactivity
	New file to keep track of
	.jrp
String multiple historic reports into a journal/layout
No live data link
Edit-> Journal
Choice of image file type
No live data link
.html, .rtf
Editable text
No live data link
.txt
Snapshot
Not easily editable
.jpg, .gif
Editable text
3rd party program limitations when editing
Paste special -> enhanced metafile*‡
Snapshot
Part of your Word document or Powerpoint presentation
Paste special -> bitmap*‡
Journal
	Multiple ordered analyses
Location of files is hard coded(default)†
.jrn
Multiple ordered analyses
No links
.jpg, .gif
Project
Multiple journals
Windows only
.jmpprj*

† The location of the file can be edited and made relative. For a .jrp, right click on the file, choose Open With -> Notepad (or any text editor). In a journal, right click on the file link and choose Set Script. Erase the path to the filename and leave just the file name. For example if you have the file “C:DataBig Class.jmp”, leave only “Big Class.jmp”. Now, the .jrp or journal will look for the Big Class.jmp file in the directory that the .jrp or journal is located in.

‡ First, use Selection tool , right click and choose Copy, switch to a program such as MS Word or Powerpoint. From here you can choose Paste Special.

* JMP Systems Engineer Favorite!