Collection of "funny" Jmp newbie questions

[#1]

good to know:

- how to do this and that in Jmp?

- where Jmp is different from other programs

- where Jmp is different from Jmp (inconsistencies)

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Topic	additional info
Data Tables
Why is it not possible in Jmp: - to define a formula for a specific cell? - to select any 2 cells in a spreadsheet?	JMP is Not a Spreadsheet
Is there a tutorial how to "slice" matrices?  matrix[5::-1]	answer NB: The indexing of matrices will be improved in a future version of Jmp
why new table()?	answer
why is there no dt << n rows()?	answer
Why does add row add a row to a data table - but doesn't add the values?	answer
Why are there different column names for data imported via Open and MFI?	answer
Is there something in JMP like freeze pane in Excel?	lock Columns
Why do I need a numeric column to add a column with row numbers?
New Formula Column / Concatenate numeric values
New formula column / count strings
Graph Builder
Why do FitYbyX and GraphBuilder use different color codings?	answer
When comes (collision free) Column Switcher 2.0?	wish: Add new switcher called Role Switcher
GUI
Why is there no Select mode in the Local Data Filter - like the one from (global) Data Filter?	wish: Local Data Filter - don't disable the SELECT option
In the Join Tables Platform, what's the difference between Update main table with data from second ta...
The submenus of my Jmp installation open to the left - Where is the setting to move the submenus to t...
Why does Scripting Index/See also not list the function xyz ?	you want more items to show up in see also ? suggest them here: Scripting Index and online Help: "see also"

[#2]

Why can I copy & paste Data filter settings from one report to another one

- but not from a Filter View to a Report or from a Report to a Filter View?
Filter Views - copy and paste settings 

[#3]

For numeric values, JMP can count # of (non-missing) entries - and unique entries

For Characters, JMP can only count unique entries.
NOT: # of (non-missing) entries

Counting of strings more complicated than counting of number ?!?!?!?!

[#4]

JMP can concatenate 1 String and 1 Number

... and it can concatenate 1 String and 2 Numbers:

but it is unable to concatenate 3 Numbers ?

why  ?!?!?!