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Graph Builder does not save manual axis title change with brackets (JMP19)

CoxPanther919 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:16:19 GMT

Hi all,

I encountered, the following problem in JMP19 that did not exist in the previous versions.

We have a lot of columns with the unit in the column header in brackets. When I want to change the axis titel in Graph Builder manually to something other than the column header and save the script, the change is done to the graph title and not the axis title once I run the script. I tried some things in the attached file and the problem occurs only for colums with brackets independent if [] or (). The script lists the column header incorrectly as "Column 4 [g". But even if corrected to "Column 4 [g/L]" in the script the graph title and not the axis title is changed.

It is not feasible for me to use the "units" column property as my base data already contains the brackets.

Want do I have to change in my script to change the axis title? And why is this suddently a problem with JMP19 - in JMP17 and 18 I did not encounter the same problem?

Thanks you very much for your help!

Best regards,

Nicole

Re: Graph Builder does not save manual axis title change with brackets (JMP19)

txnelson — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:36:41 GMT

I have replicated your findings. Please contact JMP support support@jmp.com and submit the bug to them.

Here is a work around that does correct the problem.

Graph Builder(
	Size( 661, 556 ),
	Show Control Panel( 0 ),
	Variables( X( :Column 1 ), Y( :"Column 4 [g/L]"n ) ),
	Elements( Line( X, Y, Legend( 7 ) ), Points( X, Y, Legend( 8 ) ) )/*,
	SendToReport(
		Dispatch( {}, "Column 4 [g", TextEditBox, {Set Text( "Test  [g/L]" )} )
	)*/
);
current report()["Graph Builder",TextEditBox(4)] << Set Text( "Test [g/L]" );

Re: Graph Builder does not save manual axis title change with brackets (JMP19)

CoxPanther919 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:54:02 GMT

Here the answer from the JMP Support:

Hi Nicole,

Thank you for contacting JMP Technical Support. This issue has been reported before. Please try adding the "column references for dispatch " preference to see if JMP behaves a bit better. To see this click on File -> Preferences -> General. Otherwise the development team is working on resolving this in a future version of JMP.

I hope this information is helpful. Let me know if you have follow-up questions, or need clarification.

Kind regards,

Laura Archer
JMP Technical Support

Re: Graph Builder does not save manual axis title change with brackets (JMP19)

hogi — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:32:07 GMT

The issue seems to be fixed (JMP19.1, maybe before?):

New Table( "JMP19.1 no Error axis title",
	Add Rows( 3 ),
	New Column( "Column 4 [g/L]",
		Set Values( [1,2, 3] )
	)
);

Graph Builder(
	Variables( Y( :"Column 4 [g/L]"n ) ),
	Elements( Points( Y, Legend( 2 ) ) ),
	SendToReport(
		Dispatch( {}, {:"Column 4 [g/L]"n}, TextEditBox, {Set Text( "test" )} )
	)
);