Consider the Candy Bars.jmp sample data table. Of the 18 brands lists under Brand, Hershey and M&M/Mars have the largest numbers of types of candy as listed in the Name column. You want these two brands to appear first in reports.
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Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Candy Bars.jmp.
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Select the Brand column.
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Select Cols > Column Info.
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Click Move Up five times.
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Click Move Up seven times.
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An asterisk indicating the Value Ordering column property appears next to Brand in the columns panel. JMP now lists Hershey and M&M/Mars first in reports involving Brand.
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Select Analyze > Distribution.
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Select Calories and click Y, Columns.
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Select Brand and click By.
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While holding down the Ctrl key, from the red triangle next to Calories select Display Options > Horizontal Layout.
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Close the Candy Bars.jmp sample data table without saving the changes.

Help created on 7/12/2018