If you close the dialog box without choosing a dataset, you can select 'open' from the file menu in the main window. The data can be numerical or textual. You can select 'open' from the file menu in the main window. The data sets loaded are listed in the Data Set window and may be selected by clicking on their names. To produce a plot select a suitable number of variables in the variables list.
Parallel Coordinates Plots A PC Plot can handle many variables at once.
By default, the parallel dotplot with a standardised scale appears first and all variables are visible in the diagram window. All selected items will be a member of this new group. In the dialog window which appears you can specify a name and choose a colour for this group. Subsequent to this, the name and the number of members of the new group appear in the group list in the main window. For an application of groups see example below.