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Overview
Learning how to script platforms is no harder than learning how to control platforms interactively. Writing scripts yourself takes some effort, since you have to type them and get the syntax right. Fortunately, you can have the platform write much of a script for you, and the additional work is well worth it if you need to automate repetitive production analyses. Also, scripting presents valuable opportunities to customize and combine analyses.
Be aware that the script-saving feature of platforms has some limitations. JMP saves analytical commands and most (but not all) visual customizations. Therefore, if your visual customizations are important to you, you might occasionally need to learn to program the display interface. JMP records the state of an analysis, but not the sequence of events leading to that state. If you want scripts to play back demonstrations of JMP platforms in action, you have some learning to do.
Platform results exist in two layers: the platform itself, containing the analytical results and responding to analytical commands; and the presentation display, which responds to a different set of commands. A third object is the data table itself, which can be involved in a live analysis.
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If you want to add to the analysis, such as to fit a new line, you send a command to the platform itself using techniques discussed in this chapter.
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If you want to make the frame of a graph larger, you send a command to the display. See Manipulating Displays in Display Trees.
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If you want to highlight certain points representing rows in a data table, you send a row state command to the data table. See Row States and Operators in Data Tables.
If you are interested in building your own custom analysis platforms and reports, see Constructing Display Trees in Display Trees. If you would like to build your own custom statistical calculations using JSL’s compact matrix notation, see the Matrices in Data Structures.