Brushing Features Description and Summary
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Enter brushing mode

Choose Editor > Brush.

Brush points (form a new brushing region)

1    Move the mouse until the brushing tool appears.

2    Drag the cursor to enclose the new brushing region.

Add identifier (ID) variables to the brushing palette

1    Choose Editor > Set ID Variables.

2    In Variables, enter the columns you want to use as identifiers.

3    Choose Use as default for all graphs or Use for this graph only.

Move an existing brushing region

1    Place the cursor in the brushing region.

2    When appears, drag the brushing region to a different position.

Add additional points to the brushing palette

Do one of the following:

·    To add points individually, [Shift]+click them.

·    To add points that the brushing region passes over, while keeping the original brushed points, press [Shift] as you drag the brushing region.

Brush a single point

Click the point.

Brush across Graph windows

Brush points in one graph; the points derived from the same row are highlighted automatically in other graphs.

Select a graph point from the brushing palette

Click the row in the brushing palette.

Highlight many graph points from the brushing palette

Do one of the following:

·    Drag the cursor over the rows you want to highlight.

·    [Shift]+click to highlight contiguous rows.

·    [Ctrl]+click to add a noncontiguous row to the current selection.

Display/hide row numbers on the brushing palette

1    Choose Editor > Set ID Variables.

2    Enter a column to serve as an ID variable.

3    Check or uncheck Include row numbers.

Move the brushing palette

Drag the palette by the title bar.

Resize the brushing palette vertically

Drag the lower-right corner of the brushing palette as desired.

Subset based on brushed data

1    Brush the data.

2    In the data source dialog, choose Data Options.

3    Click the Subset tab.

4    Choose the appropriate options to include or exclude the brushed points.

Display/hide the brushing palette

Choose Editor > Show/Hide the Brushing Palette.