JMP Wish List

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

What inspired this wish list request? I use TableBox to simulate a ListBox but with formatting     What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like to see TableBox rows not all be forced to the exact same height     Why is this idea important? Consider a TableBox with only one attached child -- a ColBox with various elements.  The TableBox has only one column -- there is no reason to force all rows to have the same height   Consider the following JSL -- it would be nice if the first row could be sized to it's content, not to the content of the second row.   Names Default To Here( 1 ); New Window( "Mountains", tb = Table Box( Col Box( "Heights", Text Box( "Short Row" ), Spacer Box( Size( 100, 100 ), <<Background Color( "Blue" ) ) ) ) );     ... 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? I use column groupings a lot due to wide data sets but when I have down selected factors I would like to use in later analysis I need to be able to identify the factors easily.  Currently this requires breaking the original grouping structure to create a new grouping that has only the factors of interest.  This makes the data table less organized and harder to use for other analysis.      What is the improvement you would like to see? I would like the ability to have virtual groupings where a custom grouping can be made but will leave the original column groups and column order as they are.  So in a use case, I could have my X's in a virtual column that I could drag into an analysis platform but my original groupings and column order is not affect.  The virtual columns would not show up in the data, only in column list boxes. Icing on the cake would be for any multi-variable modeling platform to allow selected factors in either access factor importance or column contribution charts to be directly added to a virtual grouping.         Why is this idea important? This will help make analysis faster while still keeping the organization of a data table intact.     ... 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? When I need to filter multiple items in a list it is great to be able to type in the main portion of the "item" so that the filter only shows relevant items.  However, when I then go to filter additional items and thus clear the filter text box when I type in a new main portion of an item into the filter text box it resets the selections.   In this example I want to select all names starting with C and J.  So I start with c's:   clear the filter text box and so far so good....   Then go to J's: and now my c's are no longer selected...         What is the improvement you would like to see? Please allow the ability for the previously selected items to not be cleared, thus the change in filtered items can be additive.     Why is this idea important? This will speed up the process of filtering columns with lots of levels that are not in easy to find blocks.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Testing results very often include non-numeric entries such as "N/A" or "Nil" in columns consisting of otherwise continuous numeric data. This causes JMP to class it as "Character" data, resulting in the need to recode and then reclassify the column.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I'd like JMP to be able to bring up an error message to say: "Column X's data is continuous and numeric apart from rows 35 ("N/A") and 37 ("Nil"). Would you like to change these to numeric entries?" "Yes" would then bring up a window where I could recode these two rows and it would automatically be classified as continuous numeric.   Why is this idea important?  It's easy to stick to rules for data recording if you're generating and doing the recording yourself, but if you're contracting out or getting help from others, these errors can sneak in (and I suspect they're pretty common!). This sorts of studies tend to have large data sets and to be able to work with the data without having to recode would be ideal.   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I frequently right click the gray triangle > Edit > Copy picture to export report images. When I use a local data filter, I need to use a screenshot to capture the LDF.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  When adding a LDF, nest it under a new outline box with the original report.   Why is this idea important?  Easier to export graphics without screenshots and ensure that the filtering options are recorded as well.   ... 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

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

What inspired this wish list request?    The JMP dynamic HTML in JMP 17 broke with our internal solution where dynamic HTML reports are saved on one department's website, but IFRAME embedded in another department's site (different server URL).  The specific problem is that JMP 17's HTML javascript used 'window.parent.document', which makes the document in the IFRAME attempt to access the document in the parent window - which is a violation of browser/javascript cross-site scripting policies.   What is the improvement you would like to see?    There is no reason why JMP HTML documents cannot be stand-alone, and no reason why they need to access the parent window to an IFRAME.  Please make sure that no JMP dynamic HTML javascript attempts to violate or cross the HTML parent/child window document boundary.   Why is this idea important?    Because it allows collaborative HTML document sharing. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I have many files that I need to merge them. They are all in excel and they have the same name columns if the comparison of the tables had a button this could facilitate the life to check if there are any mistakes or even the possibility to do a matching button for the ones that are not the same spelling...Also, the possibility to add more comparison tables instead of only 2.    This improvement could make it easier merging tables from different files and multiple ones. Helping researchers to do a bigger data bank.      ... 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?  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. I was a bit confused when I was creating new reports in projects because they didn't open next to my other reports belonging to that data table. This was even more obvious when I had to jump around the other reports and go back to newly created ones.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  When I'm working with multiple data tables in JMP Project's I would like to have my reports and data tables be ordered in similar manner as they are in Workspace. Below is an example: Starting situation, I have two tables with few reports each.   Next I will create Fit Y by X to Big Class data table and it will be added as last in the window listing.  What I would like to see it being added after the distribution of Big Class:   Option for this could be provided for example as a Check Box in somewhere of JMP Project user-interface (or maybe provide red-triangle menu for the tab selector where you could have even more different options).   Why is this idea important?  Improves the content organization in JMP Projects. ... 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?  Add grouping option based on hierarchy level (data table at least) in Projects sheet/tab selector. Below is short example on what I would like to see.   Starting situation: I have two tables open (Probe and Big Class) and both have two reports What I would like to see is to have my reports grouped by their data table(s), for example in this simple case I would like to have something like this or sometimes I might want to have the reports of the other data table be hidden With JMP there are cases where I will have linked data tables and I think they should behave in similar manner (though they don't behave this way in Window list either). In this case I have created linked summary table from Probe and distribution from that linked table   Why is this idea important? Improves the UI and UX (user interface and user experience) of JMP Projects by providing more content organization options. ... View more

(This might be a bug or feature with Find in filters, no idea, so I will make wish list item)   What inspired this wish list request?  Working with many unique values in large datasets which sometimes require me to use Find functionality of filters can make JMP fairly unresponsive depending on what type of report you are filtering   What is the improvement you would like to see?  Provide a new option which would prevent from earlier filter being removed before value is selected. Below is an example how it currently behaves: 1. Starting situation with no Lot_Wafer Label's selected   2. Select one value to filter down the data (1_3)   3. Start typing value to Find to find what you are interested in (1_10), when I get to "1_1" earlier filter gets removed and all data will be visible and no filter selected. I think this is dependent on the values which are visible, for example if I were to search for "2_10" it would get unfiltered after typing "2" because the original value isn't in the list of values   4. How I would like it to behave is to keep the earlier selection (1_3) until I select new value(s) to filter by   Why is this idea important?  Improves the user-experience when using data filters in JMP by making them feel more responsive. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I have come across few types of issues with data filters when working with large datasets which make filtering data very slow and unresponsive (conditional data filters getting unfiltered and using Find). Issues with Find can be related to few (bugs? or features) how Find works with local data filters, but Run would still be nice option to have.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like to see an option in Filter red triangle menu to create Run button for a filter. This would allow me to filter the data to the level I want to before filtering it all.   Why is this idea important?  Using filters with data having a lot of data can get quite unresponsive from time to time, especially if there is any calculations involved. ... View more

Inspiration: I am tired of resizing list boxes in dialogs so I can see items.   Improvement: Make the default widths wider and list boxes longer. They typically assume column names and data table names are very short and lists are short. Suggest dynamically computing appropriate width and length based on what is being displayed and how much space there is (also using larger dialogs - most people work on large screens and screen size can be detected), or at least add a preference setting for minimum width and length.    Why is this idea important? Half of the clicks I do in dialogs are to make the list boxes wider or longer. Fixing the issue will save time.  Here are some examples of default presentations:       ... 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