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Get display box reference for selected item in report

MathStatChem — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:35:02 GMT

I would like to use JSL to get a reference to a selected report element. More specifically. I want

a) run a report

b) manually select a report element

c) then run a JSL command to get the display box path to that selected report element.

Any ideas on how to do this?

Re: Get display box reference for selected item in report

txnelson — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:41:00 GMT

You can do this by right clicking on the report and selecting

Show Properties

and then click on the display item you want to get the path to

and under the Box Path you will find the path to the element you have selected

Re: Get display box reference for selected item in report

jthi — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:14:45 GMT

I have made XML/Report layer viewer which lets user pick elements and I use XPath with it. First use Get XML to get an idea what is possible

So we are looking for selected attribute with value of true and then it is just figuring out the query.

Names Default To Here(1); 

dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");
biv = dt << Run Script("Bivariate");

rep = Report(biv);


s = rep << XPath("//*[@selected='true']");

If(N Items(s) > 0,
	ref = s[1];
,
	ref = Empty();
);

sub_path = ref << Get Display Path(rep,  Mode("Subscript"));
// biv["Bivariate Fit of weight By height", "Linear Fit", "Summary of Fit", String Col Box(1)]

I would still suggest using Show Properties like Jim did demonstrate for basic use cases.

Re: Get display box reference for selected item in report

MathStatChem — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:49:10 GMT

Exactly what I needed! Thanks.