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shasheminassab
Level IV

Notes in Data Table

Is there any way to write some notes somewhere in JMP and save in the data table? For instance, I would like to write some notes about the steps I took to clean the data and I would like to save it to the data table similar to saving scripts in the top left corner of the table. Thanks.

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txnelson
Super User

Re: Notes in Data Table

You can just add a New Table Variable and call it Notes: and then type anything you want into the value space for it.
Also, every column has a Column Property called Note, where you can save notes about a particular column
Jim
shasheminassab
Level IV

Re: Notes in Data Table

Great! Thanks for the quick response.
P_Bartell
Level VIII

Re: Notes in Data Table

@txnelsonoffers some simple and elegant solutions. Another might be to create a JMP Project with the data table and additional supporting documentation containing your notes like a JMP Journal, or MS Word document, or really just about any other file structure construct. If your data cleaning steps are highly repetitive and you've codified them in a JMP script, you could embed the script as well. One nice feature of a JMP Project is it's shareable with others and an easy way to package up lots of disparate file structures and work related content.

teebahnson
Level III

Re: Notes in Data Table

I like to create a script called "run me for documentation" which uses a modal window, which can be interactive, see here:

https://www.jmp.com/support/help/zh/15.2/index.shtml#page/jmp/construct-a-modal-window.shtml

 

The script I create and store in the data table is :

 

 

New Window( "Message",
	modal,
	H List Box( Text Box( "add documentation text here" ) )
);

 

txnelson
Super User

Re: Notes in Data Table

Here is one way to handle it

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Current Data Table();
Eval(
	Parse(
		"dt<<new script(\!"best\!",
New Window( \!"Message\!",
	modal,
	H List Box( Text Box( \!"add documentation text here\!" ) )
);)"
	)
);
Jim