Data Analysis and Graphing Software

Origin is the data analysis and graphing software of choice for over half a million scientists and engineers in commercial industries, academia, and government laboratories worldwide. Origin offers an easy-to-use interface for beginners, combined with the ability to perform advanced customization as you become more familiar with the application.

Origin graphs and analysis results can automatically update on data or parameter change, allowing you to create templates for repetitive tasks or to perform batch operations from the user interface, without the need for programming. Extend the capabilities in Origin by installing free Apps available from our website. Connect with other applications such as MATLAB™, LabVIEW™ or Microsoft© Excel, or create custom routines within Origin using our scripting and C languages, embedded Python, or the R console.

Take your data analysis to the next level with OriginPro. In addition to all of Origin’s features, OriginPro offers advanced analysis tools and Apps for Peak Fitting, Surface Fitting, Statistics and Signal Processing. Features specific to OriginPro are marked with the PRO icon in this page. Visit the Origin v.s. OriginPro page to view a comparison table.

Multi-axis and Multi-panel Tempates

• Built-in multi-axis and multi-panel templates, such as Double Y, Multiple-Y, 4-Panel, Vertical and Horizontal Stack Panels
• Create your own multi-axes or multi-layer graphs and save as template for repeat use

Add, Arrange, Resize and Link Layers

• Set layer units by percentage of page or in absolute units
• Resize, align, switch, move, link, and re-order panels
• Link layer position and dimension by ratio
• Link axis in different layers by straight 1:1, formula or align at specified values
• Use common axis scale in one direction for multi-panel graphs.
• Evenly distribute layers
• Customize Properties Across Graph Layers

Merge and Extract

• Merge multiple independent graph windows into one graph
• Extract multi-panel graphs into separate windows
• Extract plots from a single layer into multiple layers

Layer heights of this stack graph are set to be proportional to y axis ranges, to better visualize the differences in Test-1, 2 & 3. This Set Layer Height by Common Scale option is available when merging individual graphs into one graph and when adjusting layers in an existing graph. A similar option controls layer width.

When merging individual graphs, check Treat Each Source Graph as a Unit to maintain the proper relationship of layers in individual graphs. In this example, each inset graph remains with its parent layer. An add labels option is also available to facilitate adding labels to each unit in the merged graph.

Options in Plot Details Layer tab enable users to automatically apply Layer, Plot, or Axis customizations made to one graph layer, to other layers on the page.

Using grouped data, you can easily create multi-panelled graphs in Origin with a single click on the plot menu

• Cluster Plot (Line, Scatter and Column)
• Grouped Box Plot
• Grouped Column/Scatter Plot
• Various Types of Trellis Plots

Flexible configuration and customization options include

• Control the style increments between or within the groups
• Customize the gap between, or within the groups.
• Add Gap between panels
• Wrap panels
• Overlap panels
• Uniform or Independent X/Y Scale
• By Drag-and-Drop Column Assignments (with Pre-installed App – Graph Maker)

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General

• Based on plot type, customize plot attributes such as symbol shape and size, line style and width, column and area pattern, transparency, etc.
• Change exist plot type and mix different plot types in one graph
• Change X or Y of the plot, drag to add new plot, remove plot, and change plot orders
• Show or hide plot, all plots of same name, all plots in a layer
• Skip points, connect lines across axis break or missing data, etc.
• Projection of plot to planes in 3D graph

Symbols

• Over 100 built-in symbols and option to add user-defined shape
• Add drop lines for 2D plots and 3D graphs

Line

• Over 10 line connection styles such as linear, segment line, step horizontal/vertical, various spline, etc.
• 8 built-in line styles such as solid, dash, dot, etc. where dash can be defined

Fill Patterns

• Over 100 build-in fill pattern types, including standard USGS geology patterns
• Option to add user-defined fill patterns using emf files

Data Labels

• Add data labeling to plot or a single point
• Label as x, y coordinates, row indexing, column metadata or data/text from other columns
• Auto-positioning of labels to avoid overlapping
• Leader line from label to data points

Error Bar

• Show error bar as bands with filled colors
• Support asymmetric error bar
• Allow skip point

Single Point and Multiple Plots Customization

• Customize a single point.
• Group multiple plots for easy customization
• Offset plots in X and Y directions

Origin supports offsetting plots in the X and Y directions with no change in data values. Offset options include auto, cumulative, incremental, constant, and individual. In this graph we stacked curves with a pattern such as 0 -100 so each data pair stayed together. The color and style were customized to use repeated patterns. For such graphs, you can also drag a single curve to reposition it for comparison with another curve. The Legend is arranged in two columns and placed beside each plot pair.

• Customize plot attributes by modifier columns in the worksheet to create 3, 4, 5 dimensional plot.
  • Symbol color, shape, size and interior
  • Line color, style and thickness
  • Fill color and pattern
  • Data label color
  • Angle and Magnitude of 2D Vector
  • Column and box chart width, box chart position
• For 3D colormap surface, set the color map by values of another matrix
• Use indexing, color map of arbitrary values, or specific RGB values to assign color
• Define the color, shape, style, pattern increment list
• Legend can be customized to indicate such information
• Save Match Modifier by column index, name, or other metadata properties in graph template

Scale

• Support multiple scale types such as linear, log10, Probability, Reciprocal ect
• Positive and negative symmetrical log scale
• User-defined axis scale type using formulas
• Discrete scale type for skipping rows without data, therefore exclude weekends and holidays for financial data.

Major/ Minor / Special Ticks

• Major and minor ticks can be set by increment, counts, from a dataset, from column label row, or at user-specified positions
• Multiple Special Ticks with detailed tick and label formatting for each tick
• Leader lines for special ticks

Axis Lines and Grid Lines

• Independent control axis line, major ticks and minor ticks.
• Additional axis line at any position to be used as baseline for column/bar plots and drop lines
• Option to show axis and grids on top of data

Reference Lines

• Multiple reference lines and shading between, in 2D graphs
• Use statistical functions on plotted data, such as mean and standard deviation
• Functions can be combined, such as mean+1.5*sd
• Use custom equations or expressions to add lines based on axis scale values
• Lines are saved in graph template for repeated use
• Lines update when data changes

Tick Labels

• Many tick label types from numeric, text, date, time, month, week, etc. with varioues display control.
• Tick labels can be from a column of values or a combination of column labels
• Wrap, rotate tick labels, position it at tick, next to tick or between two ticks.
• Tick labels displayed as table, with flexible customization of table grid lines, text orientation and positioning
• Flexible Minor Tick Label Display Format, separate from major ticks

Title

• Read title from metadata from plot
• Customize axis title, including units for different conventions, e.g. curly brackets, square brackets, etc.

Breaks

• Supported axis break customization includes: break styles, define gap, break region, break position along axis, scale type and increment before/after break
• Multiple Axis Breaks with customization of scale and tick labels of each individual segment, and control of break gaps

Multiple Axes Customization

• Customize one axis at a time or multiple axes together
• Copy axis format to other layer or graphs

Further Axes Customization

• Isometric layer scaling to link axes length to scale by X/Y ratio (2D plots) and X/Y/Z ratio (3D plots)
• Set Y axis color to follow plot color in multi-Y plots
• Exchange X and Y axes

Engine torque speed map where performance is plotted as a contour plot with custom boundary defined by maximum torque line. Reference lines for various horse power values have been added using the expression: Torque=HP*5252/RPM

Update/Reconstruct Legend

Origin grants you the possibility to simply update or construct the legend for data plots. Some commonly used options are:

• Reverse the order of the legend(s).
• Wrap Text
• Create one combined legend or separated legends for data plots in multi-layer graph.
• Hide or show plot from legend(s)
• Full control of legend entries customization
  • Add custom symbol and/or line
  • Customize properties such as size and thickness

Create one combined legend or separate legends for each set of data plots in a multi-layer graph. In addition, there are shortcut menu options to rearrange, reorder, or further customize the data plot legend.

Special Legends and Scales

Origin also has several special legends used with certain graph types. These legends and scales can be customized and updated similarly with a dialog

• Categorical Values
• Legend for Box Chart Components
• Point by Point Legend
• Color Scale
• Linear or Nested Bubble Scale

This box chart includes a special box chart legend. This legend is auto-generated for box charts. Each legend entry refers to a box plot component: the box, whiskers, median or mean lines, percentiles, etc. In addition, the Legend Properties dialog lets you add custom entries to your legend for symbols and lines, by building the desired syntax using a dialog.

Graph Annotations

• Add text, including plain text or text from data or metadata with rich text format.
• Add graphic objects such as line, polyline, freehand draw tool, curve, arrows, circle, oval, square, rectangle, polygon, freehand region, etc.
• Add special characters, superscript, and subscript notation
• Add equations to your graph (MathType or LaTeX App)
• Add an image from external file
• Add and format tables
• Add XY Scaler, asterisk brackets, date/time stamp, and project path

Editing the Objects

• Align objects with each other or with graph layers
• Distribute the objects evenly
• Group multiple objects

Annotation at the beginning of each curve. A straight red line is added with specified wave number

Origin supports Mini Toolbar for quick and easy operations on graphs and worksheet/matrix.

These toolbars are sensitive to the type of object selected. The buttons in the pop up provide access to all of the common customization options, so you can perform quick changes without opening complex dialogs.

Importing large text files is easy and fast in Origin.

Import speed in Origin is a factor of 10 or more compared to Excel 2016, and compared to older versions of Origin. The gain in speed has been achieved by making full use of the processor’s multi-core architecture.

Origin supports more than 30 data formats including: ASCII, CSV, EXCEL, Binary, PCLAMP, CDF, DCF, HPF, EPA, EDF, BDF, REC, HYP, DAT, MDF, DAT, RAW, H5, HE5, HDF5, DAT, PXP, IBW, , DX, DX1, JDX, JCM, QDA, MAT, MTW, MPJ, mzData, mzXML, mzML, imzML, NC, DAT, TDM, TDMS, ABF, DAT, AB, SPE, PZFX, XML, JNB, SIE, WAV, SAV, SPC, CGM, BRUKER OPUS, ISF, and SAS7BDAT

• ASCII import options include specifying delimiter. parsing header lines to extract metadata, partial import, support for date and time data
• Many import formats support drag-and-drop import, re-import of file to update data, and option to execute script at the end of import for post processing
• Save import settings as a theme file or save theme in worksheet for future import
• Customize the Import menu to only display formats of interest to you

• Connect to a web file, or a file on your local PC or network, or database
• File types supported: CSV, Excel, ASCII/Binary (using Import Wizard filters), HTML, JSON, MATLAB, Origin Projects ect
• Select data to be imported, such as specific node in XML, table in HTML, or Sheet in Origin Project.
• Data Navigator panel in worksheet to view and change subset of data to be imported
• Connection and data selection information is saved in worksheet/workbook
• Add connectors of same type to multiple worksheets in a workbook, and different connector types to multiple workbooks
• When saving the Origin project, you can opt to leave out the imported data associated with all connectors, or specific connectors. This can help reduce project file size. All calculated results and graphs from results will not be cleared.
• Re-import data from the source file any time. Make changes to source or to data selection at any time.
• Database Connector dialog enables various options for connecting database
• More data connectors available for download from the App Center or from Data menu.

You can copy and paste data from Excel to Origin with full precision.

You can import XLS, XLSX & XLSM files into Origin. Starting with Origin 2017, you no longer need to have MS Excel installed to import these file types. Origin provides the following options for Excel file import:

• Specify rows for column name, units, comments and other metadata, and apply same settings for multiple sheets
• Importing specified columns/rows
• Keep cell formatting (except cell formulas)
• Re-import data quickly when external file has been updated

Excel workbooks can also be opened directly within Origin. The Excel file can be saved with file path relative to the Origin Project file, for easy sharing of the project along with related Excel files.

Origin supports importing data from a database using Database Connector. Options include:

• Connect to databases including Access, SQL, Oracle, and MySQL
• Save connection information to file
• Save query in the Origin worksheet or as external file for quick re-import or repeat use
• Use LabTalk variables in SQL script to further customize the query

• Use Data Reader to read data plot’s coordinates, row index or corresponding info. in other columns.
• Use Screen Reader to read coordinates of of any position in graph.
• Use the Vertical Cursor Gadget for exploring data in stacked graphs
• Data Highlighting
• Data Point Tooltip
• Plot Highlighting
• Highlight column in worksheet when highlighting data plot in graph
• Conditional Formatting for Worksheets

This version introduces a set of Browser Graph templates that allow for quick and easy exploration of multi-column data:

• Allow quick selection of columns to plot, such as by picking every Nth column
• Choice of line and histogram plots
• Interactively turn selected plots on/off to explore
• Sort plots using any metadata value
• Options to add data from current sheet or other sheets or books

• Select data range interactively using a Region-of-Interest (ROI) box
• View immediate results as you move or resize the ROI.
• Generate detailed reports from the analysis
• Options for customizing visual results and report settings
• Save settings as a Theme for repeat use
• Repeat the analysis on all data plots in graph layer or page

Origin provides a selection of Gadgets to perform exploratory analysis of data from a graph. A region of interest (ROI) control allows you to interactively specify the subset of data to be analyzed. Results from the analysis are dynamically updated on top of the ROI as it is resized or moved. This image shows peak fitting being performed using the Quick Fit gadget.

• Same or different gadgets can be applied multiple times in same graph
• Hide ROI box temporarily for printing and export

Two statistics gadgets are applied to this graph to report statistics in two regions of interest (ROI). Mean and 1st SD lines and corresponding values are are displayed in each ROI. The Y axis is moved to separate the two regions. Yellow ROI boxes are hidden so that they do not show in printouts. The “S” button on upper-right corner re-displays the ROI boxes when clicked.

• Flexible data input. Select from worksheet or graph.
• Specify sub range of data graphically or by numeric begin and end values
• Fit multiple datasets independently, globally, or in concatenate/replicate mode
• Global fitting allows sharing of parameters across datasets
• Select from close to 200 built-in fitting functions arranged in categories
• Create your own fitting function using our Fitting Function Builder wizard
• Fit with explicit and implicit functions
• Specify bounds and constraints to limit parameter space
• Control the fitting process by performing step-wise iterations
• Detailed report sheet including fit statistics, parameters and ANOVA tables, and residuals analysis
• Calculate Y/X values for new set of X/Y values based on the fit curve
• Iteration Algorithms for nonlinear regression: Levenberg-Marquardt and Orthogonal Distance Regression (Pro)

Origin provides a wide array of tools for statistical analysis.

In addition, Origin provides Stats Advisor App which helps user to interactively choose the appropriate statistical test, analysis tool or App.

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Origin provides several tools for summarizing your continuous and discrete data:

• Statistics on columns or rows
• Cross tabulation PRO
• 1D and 2D frequency counts
• Discrete frequency
• Normality test
• Distribution Fit including normal, Weibull, exponential and gamma PRO
• Correlation coefficient PRO and Partial correlation coefficient PRO to detect relationship between datasets
• Outlier tests: Grubbs and Dixon’s Q tests

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• One-Sample t-Test
• Two-Sample t-Test and Welch’s test
• Pair-Sample t-Test
• Two-Sample t-Test on Rows PRO
• Pair-Sample t-Test on Rows PRO

• One-Sample Test for Variance PRO
• Two-Sample Test for Variance PRO
• One-Sample Proportion Test PRO
• Two-Sample Proportion Test PRO

• One-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank PRO
• Paired-Sample Sign PRO
• Paired-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank PRO

• Mann-Whitney PRO
• Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA PRO
• Mood’s Median PRO
• Friedman ANOVA PRO

Origin provides 5 ANOVA tools to examine the differences between group means

• One-way and Two-way ANOVA
• Three-way ANOVA PRO
• One- and Two-way Repeated-Measures ANOVA PRO
• Means comparison methods include:
  • Tukey and Bonferroni
  • Dunn-Sidak and Fisher LSD
  • Scheffe and Holm-Bonferroni
  • Holm-Sidak

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Other statistical tools available in OriginPro include:

• Survival Analysis PRO
• Power and Sample Size Analysis PRO
• ROC Curve PRO

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• Column Formula
  • Simple column formula notation which is similar to Excel or Google Sheets
  • Calculations can involve columns from other worksheets
  • Over 500 functions in categories such as math, engineering, statistics, date-and-time, and string processing
  • Before Formula Script to pre-process data prior to calculating results
• Cell Formula
  • Works for both Data and User-defined Label Row Cells
  • Stretch and extend formula vertically/horizontally
  • Fixed cell referencing is supported
  • Use script-accessible functions and/or custom expressions
  • Results update when source cells change, or with other changes such as data filter
• Normalization
• Average Multiple Curves in Worksheets or Graphs
• Math tool for simple column math

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Use the Normalize tool to normalize data in a worksheet or a graph.

• 1D Interpolation/Extrapolation
• 1D Trace Interpolation
• Interpolate/Extrapolate Y at Specific X
• 2D Interpolation/Extrapolation
• 2D Trace Interpolation

• Interpolate/Extrapolate Z at Specific X,Y
• 3D Interpolation
• Interpolation methods: Linear, Spline, B-Spline, Akima, Kriging, Renka-Cline, Shepard, TPS , Triangle, Weighted Average

• Numeric Differentiation
• Numeric Integration
• Polygon Area Calculation

• Surface Area Calculation PRO
• 2D Volume Integration PRO

Journals typically require a specific width for the graph image, such as 86 mm for single column and 178 mm for double column. In addition, at the scaled size, they may require text labels to be above a particular font size, and lines to be above a certain thickness.

In this version, we offer the following key features for preparing the Origin graph with the exact width specification:

• Resize graph page by specifying desired width, while maintaining aspect ratio (auto scale height when width is changed)
• Scale all elements on the page when resizing in order to maintain proportional balance in the graph
• Conversely, set element scale to some fixed factor when you want to maintain absolute size of elements
• Fit all graph layers to the available page area using user-specified margins, while maintaining layer relationships, relative size, and object scale

Once the graph has been scaled to the desired width then it can be exported in a vector or raster format for submission to the journal.

Copy and Paste Data Plot

• Copy and paste data plots from one graph layer to another with custom formatting

Save Graph Settings

• Save graph template
• Save graph theme
• Copy format and apply to other graphs

Batch Plotting

• Create desired graph from one column or from multiple columns in the worksheet
• Repeat graph for all columns, or for all worksheets with similar data structure
• Create new graphs with meaningful names

Smart Plotting with Cloneable Templates

• Create graphs from multiple worksheet columns, specifying column name or position in the worksheet
• Save as Cloneable Template where column names/positions are saved
• Origin will mark all templates that are compatible with active sheet
• Create new graph with similar data structure with one click
• Template Library for organizing templates and filtering templates compatible with active sheet

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One of the many time-saving features in Origin is batch plotting: Create a graph involving multiple columns from a worksheet/workbook, and then have Origin duplicate that graph for all other worksheets/workbooks in the project with the same data structure.

Save Import Settings

• Save import settings as a dialog theme file
• Save import settings as a filter file
• Allow LabTalk script to execute after import
• Save import settings together with worksheet

Batch Import by Cloning Workbook

Origin provides a quick yet powerful way to allow users to perform batch graphing and analysis when importing multiple files.

• Import one file and set up your workbook with desired analysis and graphs all contained within the book
• During import, choose <clone> to use active book as temporary template for each new file

Clone an Origin Project

Clone an Origin project to easily replicate graphing and analysis tasks with new data.

• Set up a Master Origin project with your desired data, graphs and analysis, using multiple windows such as workbooks graphs, reports etc as needed
• Save your master project. Then from File menu, select Clone current Project…
• Import new data into the data sheets of the cloned project to update all of your graphs and analysis results in the project
• Optionally add a Data Connector link to the master project data sheets, in the cloned proje

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Recalculation and Analysis Template

Origin supports automatic or manual recalculation of results from most analysis and data processing operations, which is the fundation of batch processing and automation.

• Update results when input data changes
• Modify dialog settings by Change parameters without need to start from scratch
• Output of one operation can be used as input for another to form a chain of operations
• Save dialog settings as a dialog theme file
• Last used theme is saved automatically for quick access
• Create Analysis template to automate analysis and custom report creation
• Use whole project as analysis template.

Repeating Operations on All Plots or Columns

• Perform an operation on one worksheet column or one data plot in a graph
• Simply repeat that operation for all other columns or data plots

Copying & Pasting Fitting Operations

• Perform curve fitting on one data plot in a graph
• Simply copy and paste the operation to other selected curves in the same graph or other graphs

Use Gadgets to Analyze Multiple Curves

• Plot all datasets in single or multiple layers in a graph
• Place gadget on one curve and customize settings
• Output results from the gadget for all curves in a layer or all curves in a graph page.

Batch Analysis

• set up an Analysis Template™ workbook by performing a desired set of operations on data
• Use the Batch Processing tool to process data from multiple files or worksheet columns
• Generate report table with desired metadata and parameters listed for each processed file or dataset
• Generate custom reports combining graphs and numeric results, using Origin’s worksheet
• Optionally link an Analysis Template™ to a Microsoft Word Template and create polished multi-page reports
• Execute LabTalk script before or after each file, or at end of the batch process, for further customization
• Batch peak analysis with dialog theme

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The Batch Processing tool in Origin lets you process multiple data files or datasets using an Analysis Template. The template can include a summary sheet for collecting relevant results for each file in a summary table. The analysis template can also be linked to a Microsoft Word template using bookmarks, to create custom multi-page Word or PDF reports for each data file.

• Store data, metadata, notes, graphs, analysis operations and results in one document
• Arrange content in a flexible user-specified folder structure
• Add comments to sheet, window and folders
• Support internally saved Microsoft Excel files or links to external Excel files
• Include LabTalk Script, Origin C code files, and other third party files as attachments
• Search and find string or numeric values to quickly locate relevant windows within the project
• Highly portable: Colleagues who do not have Origin can view data and graphs from OPJ/OPJU files using the free Origin Viewerapplication (Windows or Mac)
• Save a subfolder as a new project file, append multiple project files from disk to current project
• Copy/Paste folders and workbooks across Origin sessions
• Individual windows, such as workbook, graph, matrix, notes can be saved to disk and opened in new project file
• OPJU File enable user to easily identify an Origin project visually in Windows Explorer

• Project Explorer window with two panels to show folder and windows
• Autohide, dock or float Project Explorer in Origin workspace
• Detailed, list, small icon, large icon and extra large icon view mode for graph, workbook and matrix preview.
• Useful tooltips such as graph preview, or workbook and folder comments
• Easy way to locate and manage windows and folders
• Favorites folder with shortcuts to collect key information such as all graphs ready for publication
• Show graphs as slideshow and adjust slideshow orders and skip or not in Project Explorer
• Create window shortcuts

LabTalk is a scripting language native to Origin. For simple operations such as manipulating data and automating tasks, LabTalk is a good place to start. You can access a rich set of script commands and functions, including a large collection of X-Functions, to create scripts for your specific needs. Your custom script code can be easily assigned to buttons on graphs or worksheets, new toolbar buttons or custom menu items.

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