JMP Wish List

I enjoy using JMP and have been a user for many years.  But one area that is lacking is the ability to make notes on a file.  Compared to Jupyter notebooks/Lab or R.  There isn't really a place to add comments to your work on the file.  I guess you can use the Journal tool, but that is more for use when you want to combine several studies.  i don't have a way of making notes to remind me or someone whomever I'm sharing the file if there were any interesting insights.  ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☑ removes a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   Text to Columns is a cool tool to split data from a single column to multiple columns - with a user define separator.   The tool has a neat feature - which (in manny cases) acts more like a bug:   If there  are consecutive separator characters, they are automatically treated like a single character (!) Definitely, this makes sense for spaces.    But let's assume that the data is from a data table. Then two consecutive separator characters indicate that there is an entry with a missing value in-between. And Text to Column interprets it as a single character, this leads to shifted entries, like illustrated here: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Cols-utilities-how-to-let-lt-text-to-columns-gt-take-care-of/td-p/254339   My wish: please add a checkbox to enable/disable the "use multiple separators as a single one"  feature. Out of historic reasons, one could enable the feature by default.   It's clear that there are workarounds like: - write your own Text to Columns tool. - add additional characters between adjacent separator characters. - export the data set and use the txt import (which fortunately doesn't have this bug/feature) - use Excel (which has the checkbox) ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Make it easier to access the file itself in Windows Explorer   What is the improvement you would like to see?  Add "Open Enclosing Folder" to the File menu so that from a data table, the user can quickly open the folder holding that file.   Why is this idea important?  Improves accessibility of JMP outputs.     ... View more

Topic: add build-in capability that allows to paste directly a list of column names -from clipboard- in column dialog filter.   Today's workaround: as of today, I did a script that  takes the clipboard content -loaded with column names- and converts it into a regular expression. Then, I paste this regular expression in filter and I select 'regular expression' filter mode. This works but is a bit painful. I use this often when working with 'column switcher', but I assume this may work for many other needs.     ... View more

Every day we have new data that need to add/update to the existing data table  I need a simple operation that will be able to concatenate new row(s) and/or new column(s) to the existing table and also update the existing table if the new table show a change in the data value by matching columns criteria. ... View more

Document the names of the markers. In https://community.jmp.com/t5/Uncharted/Integrate-Interpolate-and-SplineEval/bc-p/657963#M381 it isn't clear that 12 or 16 is a circle or a diamond. As far as I can tell, the pdf doc does not list the names. The scripting index does, incomplete..., here:   An elided list of names.   Using them for Marker State is important. The number is pretty meaningless. They already work if only the names can be guessed.   Got that name from the Point Marker list. Note that is for Control Charts and pretty unrelated to row states.     it would be nice if this message was more helpful   List the possible choices as part of the message.   The markers are currently found like this These are zero-based; the diamond is 16. and you can see why I might think there would be a large circle. I guess the small circle is "Dot", but the data table shows nothing for a dot. Maybe the scripting index for Marker State can show all the names. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I have been adding table scripts to our standardized data and telling user what they do just based on the name is starting to get a bit difficult.    What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like to be able to provide users with tip/tooltip when they hover over over table script (in similar manner as Notes works for Column Properties).   Why is this idea important?  Makes it easier to indicate user what the script is doing IF just the name isn't enough without them having to open the script and understand it (or read a comment in script). ... View more

https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/linked-data-table-how-to-cut-the-quot-link-quot/m-p/573180#M78213   Summary Tables and Subsets have an option to "link" the new table to the original data table. "Data views" have such a link enabled by default.   Cool: Row Selections and changes to the values are automatically linked between the tables.   But sometimes one needs to remove such a link  - to add additional rows to the main table - edit entries in the columns which were used for summary grouping - to rename columns of the linked table ...   my wish:  remove the link via right click on  and click on a command like "cut the link".   workarounds: - generate a (100%) subset of the linked table and delete the linked table itself - a Links cannot be saved, so, one can save the tables, close both tables and open the "linked" table again - without the link.   more wishes submitted by   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? I often have a large number of windows that accumulate by the end of the day -- these include data tables and scripts.  Many of the tables / scripts are just tests and don't need to be saved, but many are important to save.  It would be nice to quickly see which are unsaved when looking at the window list.  Here is an example -- the black dot indicates that the two corresponding scripts are unsaved:     What is the improvement you would like to see? Have an indicator on the window list for unsaved scripts / data tables (and journals or anything else that makes sense)     Why is this idea important? If I simply close JMP and select (Save Individually), I then might have to cancel the save to check if a script has an actual needed change or simply was edited for testing purposes.  I then have to close, select "Save Individually" again, and repeat the process.  It can take 10 minutes sometimes.  It would help greatly if I could see visually which windows are unsaved, the I can simply go through the ones I care about and see if I need to save, then close with a "Save Non".     ... View more

☑ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☐ removes a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   #myTop10_2022   If a user changes the name of a column, references to the column in table scrips are (sometimes) automatically corrected, references in user scrips unfortunately not: Column() vs As Column() vs datable:column vs dt:As name("column")    So, column name changes are very dangerous: there is always the risk that a jsl code doesn't work anymore after the change - like illustrated in the example below. JMP detects that a noc-existing column is requested and throws an error:   My wish: Instead of throwing an error, JMP could open a window and provide a list of column names. Then the user can select a replacement column. There should also be a toggle box, allowing the user to decide if the JSL code should be automatically adjusted wit the new column name. The new behaviour could be enabled/disabled in the preferences menu such that users which got used to error message still have the choice to get it.     NamesDefaultToHere(1); dt = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.JMP"); Data Table( "Big Class" ):age << Set Name( "age_" ); s = dt << runScript("Distribution"); // column names automatcally adjusted wait(2); s = dt << runScript("Set Age Value Labels"); // this script throws an error   more wishes submitted by   ... View more

Document and support the DisableJMPPro() function.  For those individuals that support a community of JMP users, some that do not have JMPPro, being able to develop and/or test standard JMP programs is important. ... View more

  I frequently use Journals to capture snapshots of my output. I will then rearrange objects in the journal (typically so that things look more "square" or "wide" (since computer screens are wide, not tall, and JMP reports tends to be tall). Also Creating an outline box in the Journal to contain a section of analysis is a nice way to organize the journal. Then when I want to share it, my typical tool is powerpoint, but I would also like to use export to HTML.   Exporting to doesn't always work as I intend, because typically each outline box and sometimes text boxes in the display are exported as separate pages in power point.   Here are some wishes: 1) Allow Journals to be published to HTML.  (this would be great for JMP Live). 2) Create a way to indicated that a group of display objects should be treated as one thing for conversion to an image when exporting to powerpoint.  Ideas on how to do this:      a) create a flag for the OutlineBox() display object to indicate that everything contained in that outline box should be grouped together for export.  And then update the export / save to powerpoint to recognize that flag and capture the whole contents of the outline box as an image together    b) create a new display object (aka ExportTogetherBox()) that acts like what I described above     Even if the Outline Box() could have a flag to set that says "treat this like all one thing" for export to powerpoint, that would be fantastic. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Participating in JMP Lab during JMP Discovery Summit Europe 2023 where I did use Projects (I don't really use them, but I do see that there could be potential) with multiple data tables and reports at the same time.    What is the improvement you would like to see?  One of the biggest reasons why I don't use JMP projects at all, is that it will contain all (non-modal) windows to the project. What I would like to see is to somehow limit which will be added to project (check box selector for different window types for example, JMP17 provides quite a few of different window types for example). Below is an example where Fit Y by X platform is contained in the Project but I would like it to open as the normal Launcher window like it would open from data table and then add the report to project when I click Run.   Why is this idea important? Improves the user experience of using JMP Project's by not containing everything inside the project.   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? In my work I paste large amounts of data from excel into an existing JMP file, and I sometime receive this error: "Data types of destination columns and source columns are different" due to a conflict in format between Excel and JMP. It is an easy but time-consuming fix, because I have to track down which specific column is causing the error.     What is the improvement you would like to see? In the JMP error, it would be nice to see the name of the destination column(s) which are triggering the alert, so I can change the data type of the column if needed.     Why is this idea important? This idea would help save time when aggregating data, and would solve users' problems of having to through their worksheet column-by-column in order to find the cause of the error.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? We have seen many instances where a JMP data table on a shared location has been opened by a user A and then by another user B (while it is still opened by A). Then both users modify the data table and want to save their changes. However, given that only user A has full read and write rights, user B will not be able to save his/her changes in the same data table and will recognize this issue only when trying to save the data table. Consequently, either all changes of B are getting lost (undesirable) or B changes his/her modified version as a new data table and needs to merge the A-modified and B-modified data table afterwards. Also this latter option is error prone, time consuming and undesirable. What is the improvement you would like to see? We do currently see two options with different complexities: (a) Simpler option: When opening the respective data table, each user gets informed if the table is already in use by another person and thus knows if/that they only have read but no write rights at this point in time. Ideally, in case the data table is already utilized by another user (say A), then user B gets informed which user is currently ‘blocking’ the data table. (b) Advanced option: Similar to documents in the MS Office environment, a multi-user interaction on the same document without any interference/issues would be most desirable.   Why is this idea important? This feature is helpful to all JMP users who work collaboratively on shared JMP data tables and thus run from time to time into the issues described above. Ultimately, it enables ‘true’ collaboration on JMP data tables and a vivid exchange of ideas, analyses, etc. that are all hosted within the same JMP data table as well as reduces frustration when trying to do so by e.g. removing the need to merge data table versions manually as well as data loss.   @martindemel ... View more

Similar to this: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Automatically-shows-Show-filter-option-in-every-window/td-p/186559   Would want this in at least the formula view and the graph builder view.    ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Multiple file import and open functions are able to save a list of files they open in a list. I'd like to see something similar with functions that can generate multiple columns from one, mainly text to columns    What is the improvement you would like to see?    saving text to column to a variable saves a list of column names generated to a list.   Example: A dt containing a column of numbers separated by commas new_cols_list = dt << Text to Columns( columns( :Numbers column ), Delimiters( "," ) );   Why is this idea important?  This would allow more compact identification of generated columns, and therefore more streamlined, and less error-prone way of working with these columns, if needed   ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☐ removes a „bug“ ☑ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it     Enabling the option "conditional" makes a data filter extremely user friendly. By consecutive selection of items in the filter lists, the user defines a hierarchical order how filters react on each other. The selection in the fist filter determines the subset that is displayed in the next filter and so on ...   There are some limitations which could be fixed in a future release of jmp: - conditional data filters are not possible for columns with propery multiple response: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Data-Filter-you-have-to-choose-between-quot-conditional-quot-amp/m-p/555435/highlight/true#M76974  - same for text filters: https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Data-Filter-you-have-to-choose-between-quot-conditional-quot-amp/m-p/556116/highlight/true#M77008 - with the option "conditional" enabled, multiple data filter groups are not possible  https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Data-Filter-you-have-to-choose-between-quot-conditional-quot-amp/m-p/555435/highlight/true#M76974    more wishes submitted by   ... View more

Send to is really missing in here, were you can send a graph or data to some other programm   Important is also the format and the size that should fit into for example powerpoint.     ... View more