Value Ordering

The Value Ordering column property assigns an order to the values in a column. That order is then used in plots and analyses. You can specify the order in which you want values to appear in reports.

Note: For certain values that have a natural ordering, such as days of the week, JMP automatically orders these in the appropriate way in reports. See Value Ordering in the Using JMP book.

Figure A.28 shows the Value Ordering panel for the Type column in the Car Physical Data.jmp sample data table. Reports that involve the values of Type place these levels in the order Sporty, Small, Compact, Medium, and Large. Use the buttons to the right of the Value Ordering list to specify your desired ordering for the values.

Figure A.28 Value Ordering Column Property for Type

In designs created using most DOE platforms, categorical factors, including the constructed factors Whole Plots and Subplots, and blocking factors are assigned the Value Ordering property. This property orders the levels according to the order in which they appear in the Factors outline. The levels of constructed factors are consecutive integers and the Value Ordering property specifies this natural ordering. You can modify the Value Ordering specification for any factor to meet your needs.

The Value Ordering property is not assigned by the Covering Array or Taguchi Arrays platforms. The Covering Array platform assigns the Value Labels column property. See Value Labels.