JMP Wish List

nathan-clark · ‎06-14-2024

What inspired this wish list request? Something I have talked about with people before, but the wish list is the better place for the request What is the improvement you would like to see? When you release an addin you can set the min/max JMP version. If the version of JMP open doesn't jive with this addin, the addin isn't shown at all. I want an update so the addin is visible but grayed out. Why is this idea important? When an addin is sometimes there or not, or it's a newly installed addin that doesn't show up, the first inclination of a user is to think something went wrong so they may try again to install or they call the person who made the addin (me) and ask why it's not working. If it was present but grayed out, it's much easier to ensure that the addin is present, but something else is the cause.

nathan-clark · ‎01-12-2024

What inspired this wish list request? I have a table that is already sorted in a specific manner and I can't resort it. I need to do a Column Statistic, but not a standard statistic. I can build JSL in the column formula to go through the whole table to create a matrix "by" the categories of interest, but for this larger table, the JSL layer would be pretty slow and inefficient. JMPs canned columns statistics already gather these matricies - and quite fast - so I would like to leverage that. What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like to see a column function that is more generic... so like ColMean(column, by1, by2, by3) returns the mean of a matrix of values by 'by1', 'by2' and 'by3' .... I would like a function that just returns the matrix of values prior to any math being done. Why is this idea important? As mentioned in the first section, coding this in the column formula would be very inefficient. Coding this in a separate script (a table script, perhaps) could be faster, but then not as 'live' as a formula in a column. With JMPs base infrastructure already existing, being able to leverage it further would be ideal.

WebDesignesCrow · ‎09-10-2023

What inspired this wish list request? I've experienced migrating scripts & add-in from JMP 15 to JMP 16 to JMP 17 which consume a lot of my engineering time to debug. We never know how many more versions JMP plan to release in the future. I foresee we will keep repeating this process, which really holding us back to fully automate the decision-making flow in operation. Imagine, if I have 10 scripts saved at 5 computers for machine learning which may contain >100 lines of code. Every time JMP release new version that is not compatible with old versions, I need to re-edit my scripts & test at all computers to ensure no disruption to the operation. What is the improvement you would like to see? -Create "add-in script converter" between versions. Maybe start with JMP 17 --> if user want to upgrade to JMP 18 license, this feature propose a new script or verify the old version code to see if it compatible. -Maybe add this feature in "add-in manager" feature highlighted by other users. https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Add-Ins/Add-In-Manager/ta-p/43736#U43736 https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Wish-List/Integrate-Add-In-Manager-in-Jmp/idi-p/575114 Why is this idea important? 1. We can save a lot of time & do something else in JMP rather than keep re-edit our released scripts. 2. Easy for me to justify investment to buy more JMP license.

jthi · ‎06-06-2024

What inspired this wish list request? Trying to filter down my JMP report results to see how specific columns of interest rank and it being very clunky. What is the improvement you would like to see? Provide generic "Find" box which could be used with String Col Box/Number Col Box and so on. We already have right click option for Filter Where (and Select Where), but I'm looking quicker option which would add "Find" box to top of column name (or below it) so I can quickly filter the table box results. Quick example (using Col Box with Text Edit Box would most likely be better idea) Names Default To Here(1); nw = New Window("Mountains", vlb = V List Box( tb = Table Box( scb = String Col Box("Mountain", {"K2", "Delphi", "Kilimanjaro", "Grand Teton"}), ncb = Number Col Box("Elevation (meters)", {8611, 681, 5895, 4199}), pcb = Plot Col Box("", {8611, 681, 5895, 4199}) ) ) ); // Add "filter" vlb << Prepend( tb2 = Table Box( sceb1 = String Col Edit Box("", {""}), sceb2 = String Col Edit Box("", {""}), sceb3 = String Col Edit Box("", {""}) ) ); tb2 << Set Cell Changed Function(function({this, col, row}, filter_val = lowercase((col << get)[row]); If(Is Missing(filter_val), tb << reset filter; return(); ); Eval(EvalExpr( tb << Filter Where(Contains(lowercase(Mountain), Expr(filter_val))); )); )); sceb1 << Set Width(scb << get width); sceb2 << Set Width(ncb << get width); sceb3 << Set Width(pcb << get width); Why is this idea important? Makes it much quicker to filter down Table Boxes in JMP reports.

jthi · ‎06-05-2024

What inspired this wish list request? Trying to quickly figure out how many columns I'm currently trying to add to my model. What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like to see similar counter for selected columns to Filter Col Selector that we already have in Data Table's columns panel which immediately shows how many columns have been selected (also I would like this to be implemented on such a level that when I'm scripting I don't have to write this always myself). Columns panel (total columns / selected columns) Filter Col Selector (on distribution platform) (total columns) Also if you wish to go a bit further, add total column count to col list boxes also (not exactly sure where this could easily fit though). Why is this idea important? Gives user quick information about how many columns they have currently selected in the platform's filter col selector.

jthi · ‎01-16-2023

This would help for example when making numeric encoding for character values. Dense Rank (wikipedia) or calculating orders For example scipy.stats.rankdata offers average, min, max, dense and ordinal

hogi · ‎12-14-2023

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☑ removes something that feels like a „bug“ ☑ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it What inspired this wish list request? For some of the settings in Preferences, A user can read: Get Platform Preferences( Bivariate( Fit Line ), DOE ); Get Preferences( Graph marker size ); and even change the settings via JSL: Platform Preferences( Bivariate( Fit Line( 1 ) ) ); Preferences( Graph marker size( "Large" ) ); Surprisingly, there are other settings in the preferences which cannot be accessed via JSL. Who defined which settings are available and which are not ? At the moment, I need JSL access to the graphics export settings - but according to Jmp support this is not possible. What is the improvement you would like to see? Please provide JSL read/write access to all settings in the preferences. Why is this idea important? "important"? no, it isn't. more wishes submitted by

hardner · ‎12-06-2023

What inspired this wish list request? Multivariate platform's Outlier Analysis allows you to save Mahalanobis Distances, Jackknife Distances, etc to a column. It will plot these and show a calculated Upper control limit on those for current alpha - very useful for using the distances to assess whether a point is an outlier. JMP puts a single value (ie Jackknife Value) into the column properties (ie on the Jackknife Distances column) that is this UCL. However, if there was a By group, there are distinct UCL values for every group (based on number of non-missing points in the group) and this single value in the column properties appears to just be for the last group. One might think you could extract them from the platform's report but it doesn't seem like it - they are in Frameboxes, not textboxes in the report and I don't see a way to extract those values. What is the improvement you would like to see? In my use case, with a By Group I'd like the UCLs in a column as well. But what I'd like to see is maybe an ability to ask the platform for those, maybe similar to the way you can ask a fit in Fit Model for various calculated values using <<GetEstimates, and get a list of those for all the by groups. Related: it would be nice if in cases like this there were a good way to <<Get what the groups are in order to use that list of values better? At least I'm not sure how to do that without parsing it out of the outlinebox names on the report. Would be nice to get a handy list in same order as the values in what you get from <<getestimates so you know for sure what group each is for. It has come to my attention that different platforms vary in terms of what groups they will include in their report (or skip due to inadequate data) and the order groups will be in may not be as obvious as it used to be now that JMP will user "numerical ordering" in some cases. Why is this idea important? I think it's clear why the UCLs are useful - it's what you'd compare the distance to in order to see if it's a large distance, for a given confidence? Here's a community post where someone wanted this value, they just weren't using a By I guess because were happy with the single value in column properties:Solved: Jackknife Predicted Values - JMP User Community

hogi · ‎10-18-2022

☐ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☑ removes a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it To stop all formula evaluations, the user can click on "Suppress Formula Eval" in the table red triangle menu: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/stop-all-evaluations/m-p/529859/highlight/true#M75318 But sometimes, jmp is so busy to run the evaluations (stuck in a loop?) that it's almost impossible to get to the menu. my wish: a keyboard shortcut to stop all current formula evaluations. --> the user can press it continuously till jmp gets the info end stops the evaluation (like pressing Esc continuously if a JSL code is stuck - after some while, JMP detects it and stops the code) btw: there is a command rerun Formulas in the same red triangle menu. But this button just works if "Suppress Formula Eval" is not activated for the table. my wish: rerun Formulas should rerun the formulas every time the user clicks on rerun Formulas - even if "Suppress Formula Eval" is activated. more wishes submitted by

vince_faller · ‎08-11-2022

Most of my other editors allow Ctrl Shift Z to be a redo. When I do Ctrl+Shift+Z in JMP, I get some weird Definitely not ideal as it just wipes out my redo stack. I can't edit it through toolbar customizations using the builtin edit:redo, but I do have a workaround with JSL mainmenu("edit:redo"); Possible to add undo/redo shortcut buttons to toolbar? reminded me of this.

hogi · ‎09-12-2023

☐ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☐ removes a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it What inspired this wish list request? The command New SQL Query() is very useful because it allows the user to run the Query in the background. While the query runs the user can continue to work in Jmp. Very efficient :) The command Execute SQL() is very useful for debugging because it sends the SQL error message to the log. It seems that the command New SQL Query doesn't have the possibility to log the error message ( catch Sql Query error ) and that the command execute SQL doesn't have the possibility to run the query in the background What is the improvement you would like to see? If so, please make it possible to run at least one of the following codes: myquery = New SQL Query(); myquery << run; myquery << get error message; or Execute SQL (... , run background ) Why is this idea important? With the new functionality the user has the chance to do something else while the SQL query is running to find typos in the SQL code more wishes submitted by

ThomasDickel · ‎07-03-2023

What inspired this wish list request? Encrypted scripts with only a "Decrypt Password" can be used to hide passwords or algorithm which needs to be hidden from experienced users. Our usage would be to create a build task for a JMP add-in which adds a password from an external source into a JSL script and encrypts the script file. What we need is a method to programmatically encrypt the script file but JSL scripts can only be created using the menu interface "Edit/Encrypt Script...". What is the improvement you would like to see? - Either there should be a JSL command that allows to encrypt a script with a decrypt password. - Or a documentation is provided how the encryption can be achieved externally e.g. using Powershell, C++ or other languages. The encrypted code looks like //-e12.1 0, <length>,<encrypted> ,0, It should be documented with which methods <encrypted> can be created and what the other parameters are. Why is this idea important? The automatic encryption of scripts allows to separate the code from the passwords during the build process. The passwords can be stored separately, then our automated build process would insert the password in the script code and creates the encrypted code file for the add-in. @martindemel

hogi · ‎02-10-2024

☐ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☐ removes a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it What inspired this wish list request? During script debugging, I often want to look into a for loop and execute the code step by step for one of the items. Most interesting: start the loop with the last value [e.g. after a failure] All parameters are already set by the last run, just the looping parameter is missing. This is why most of my for loops look like this: For Each( {mydt}, openTables, // mydt = openTables[13] the disabled code can be executed to set the looping parameter for debugging. What is the improvement you would like to see? Please add a command to the right click context menu: [edit] plan B: Just copy the behavior of the for() loop: make the looping parameter accessible from outside the loop. -> if the code stops, the looping parameter is the last one in the cycle. -> great for debugging Why is this idea important? It's not important, but every *) JSL coder will love you. more wishes by *) maybe there was a reason to change the behavior. So: maybe not every JSL coder is happy to see the old (deprecated?) behavior.

hogi · ‎11-13-2023

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☑ feels like a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it What inspired this wish list request? Some display boxes are not supported via Application Builder: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/range-slider-box/m-p/696994/highlight/true#M88219 What is the improvement you would like to see? Please add Application Builder support for the missing Display Boxes: Range Slider Box (according to Jmp Support, TS-00074741, this was already requested before and is already on the radar of Jmp development) other missing Boxes, which may not be on Jmp dev. radar: Web Browser Box Scene Display List Calendar Box ... Why is this idea important? Application Builder is very helpful for users who design their own Reports. It should support all the functionality of Jmp. more wishes submitted by

rocker · ‎01-09-2018

As computing has advanced, I've gone from 1 core to 2 cores to 4 cores... to 64 threads on my workstation. Meanwhile .jsl has effectively remained single threaded. I know some platforms will utilize all threads, but I'd like to be able to farm out simple jsl operations at will to multiple threads. For example, if I have a script which operates row-wise on 10,000,000 rows of data, if I'm iterating by row in a for loop and I know each row's result is independent of the other rows, I'd like to split that operation into 64 asynchronous for loops, pause other execution while the 64 loops complete in parallel, then move back to a single threaded, synchronous script after all are complete, much like I would in .py with Pool() and poolObject.join.

jthi · ‎08-08-2023

What inspired this wish list request? This post Referencing a table that is created via "make into data table" where user is creating complicated Workflow and tries to get values from report tables (when JMP creates tables from report table boxes they will get named "Untitled automatically.) What is the improvement you would like to see? When user uses Make Into Data Table or Make Combined Data Table let them choose the name of resulting table. Why is this idea important? Improves JMP's capability to provide robust scripts to user (easier for non-scripter people to create automatisations with enhanced log and workflow builder).

hogi · ‎05-07-2024

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☑ removes something that feels like a bug ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it What inspired this wish list request? Outline close orientation for column switcher issue What is the improvement you would like to see? Enhanced log/Workflow Builder should be aware of the outline close orientation and the horizontal (0/1) settings specified in a report. Why is this idea important? If a user generates a report and re-creates it via auto-generated Script / Workflow Builder / Dashboard Builder, the report should look the same. other wishes from

jthi · ‎03-15-2023

What inspired this wish list request? Other wish list item created by meMake column properties usable with Filter Col Selector and Col List Selector and tool which I have written which adds column properties based on the REST API returned values. What is the improvement you would like to see? When creating new tables with Summary, provide option to add Notes (or some other) column property to generated table which tells which options were used for that specific column. This would be especially useful when using "statistics column name format" option "column". The most simple implementation could be something like this Why is this idea important? I like using Summary with "statistics column name format" option as "column" but from time to time I might forget which Statistic I used, this way I could quickly check what the statistic was. This also moves JMP a bit towards an idea where you could use column properties to store metadata (I will write my own add-in for this when I have time).

jthi · ‎05-02-2024

What inspired this wish list request? We do have lots of different handlers (which work or not and are useful or not with the current implementations... but that is separate wish list item which already exists) but there isn't one for reports. One case which is most common for me is that user modifies how graph builder looks like and I would like to trigger something based on that. What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like to see a new handler for reports. This handler would trigger when user makes changes to the report. Some examples: Columns have changes in some role Frame sizes have changed Title was changed Axis min/max value changed ... Why is this idea important? Allows easier access to changes in JMP reports for scripters. Current you have to use all sorts of weird workarounds to even attempt to replicate something like this.

jthi · ‎07-29-2022

I have tried to use different state handlers JMP provides, but the more I use them the more I notice issues with them. There are many reasons why I would like to use them and maybe even more reasons for me to avoid them. Biggest issue is usually that they seem to trigger too many times and value returned is not that helpful. Subscribe To Data Table List() is fairly good example on how most of these should work. You can add different functions to different events (sometimes it is a hassle though). You can imagine how well Subscribe To Data Table List() would work if it would trigger every time something happens to data table list (add, remove, rename) and it would return only data table name for example (or number of data tables changed...) and nothing more. Below are some problems and suggestions: Hover Label Problem Seems to get triggered when you move close to the point you want to hover over. This causes multiple triggers and slows down JMP unnecessarily and sometimes this slow-down is quite big. Also triggers immediately when you hover over point -> if you move mouse fast over multiple elements it will trigger multiple times. Also triggers multiple times on hover over (could be related to all of the things mentioned earlier) Suggestions Make it more accurate when hover label triggers. Add possibility for "delay" when to trigger event, for example I would like to be able to trigger hover label after user has hovered over same element for 0.2s. Also allow selection of "safe-zone" to determine when hover label should even trigger. Row State Handler Problem Triggers too many times and all events. Has a bug where you remove row, the row state handler seems to get removed. Suggestions Most likely would be enough if there was a way to capture only specific row state changes (and fix the bug). Filter State Handler Problem Triggers too many times. One example is that if you even look at the filter the state handler will trigger. Suggestions Remove unnecessary triggers from Filter State Handler or give possibility to choose which states should trigger which function. Scheduler Problem Can have only one scheduler at the time and you cannot hide the scheduler window. Suggestions Allow creation of private schedulers (currently I hide the window and hope that user won't close it) and multiple different schedulers at the same time.

JMP Wish List

Visible addins even if the JMP version isn't supported

Column function to return matrix of values over statistic

Add-in Script Converter between Versions

Add text boxes to use as find/filter for Table Boxes

Make Filter Col Selector display how many columns are currently selected

Add dense ranking to Ranking Tie and Col Rank functions

JSL command to get and set settings in the Preferences - for all (!) settings

JSL method to get the upper control limits from multivariate outlier analysis

keyboard shortcut to stop all formula evaluations

Ctrl Shift Z Redo

catch SQL errors

Encrypt scripts programmatically

For loop: set first / last executed entry

Application Builder: add support for missing Display Boxes

Multithreading in JSL

Allow user to choose name of result table when using Make Combined Data Table or Make into Data Table

grab more report settings via Enhanced Log / Workflow Builder

In Summary platform provide an option to add the Statistic which was used to create the column as column property (possibly Notes)

New handler for JMP reports (or at minimum to graph builder)

Improve JMP's state handlers (hover label, row state handler, filter state handler, scheduler, ...)