JMP Wish List

☑ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☐ removes a bug ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   #myTop10_2024    What inspired this wish list request?  You want to fit an exponential decay - in Graph Builder - and you want to see all the data - not just the values which are used for the fit. This IS possible - but not with the a click of a button !   What is the improvement you would like to see?  Please add the Local Data Filter to the list of "variables" which can be activated/deactivated for specific plots. This feature can be used to restrict the fit to the meaningfull range (green) - for point and smoothers, all the data can be displayed. SOOO helpful!       Why is this idea important?  Significant improvement of the functionality of Graph Builder!     other wishes from      ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  There seems to be no possibility to adjust settings for the tables menu in the preferences. In particular, for the table>summary function, the box "Remove excluded groups" is always unchecked, and - newly in JMP18 - the output table name is preset as "Summary of ...". (this leads to an error if you take another data table and use the "Recall" button - the resulting summary table will then get a wrong name!) I cannot find a way to change these presettings and it's annoying to always change them manually.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I'd like to see the different options for the tables menu similar to the "preferences" menu for the platforms. All the options which can be manually checked/unchecked in the tables operations should be available for preference settings,     Why is this idea important?  In order to avoid lots of annoying manual adjustions (and avoid errors like the one mentioned above)     ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☐ removes a bug ☑ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it       What inspired this wish list request?  It is quite difficult to get the scriptable object of the current report: scriptable object of the current report  ... in a robust way that works for ANY type of report, with/ without Local Data Filter - with/without By option     What is the improvement you would like to see?  suggested by @txnelson : a message to get the scriptable object of the current report:   << Get Current Report Scriptable Object     Maybe, if there are more than one scriptable objects (in a Dashboard), a function   << Get Current Report Scriptable Objects which will return a list of all scriptable objects - none missing, none twice.     By Groups should be detected and handled correctly.   Why is this idea important?  Will facilitate the generation of robus / fail prove JSL code   other wishes from  ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I spend a lot of time presenting JMP training materials to people on screens in conference rooms and it can be very difficult for people to clearly see the data tables. It's inconvenient to change the screen resolution or font size (in preferences) whilst training only to have to change back again when training finishes What is the improvement you would like to see? Add a zoom function similar to excel Why is this idea important? Big improvement when training and/or presenting     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? We currently use Statistica to send out emails when there is an out of control data point and we are able to embed the image of the control chart into the body of the email.  I also have daily reports I make in JMP that I save out a PDF and then have to manually grab each morning and email out to user groups.  If I am out unexpectedly this causes issues for user groups that rely on my reports.    What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like to see the ability to have JMP Live allow embedding of Images and attaching of files.  This would be a feature to use for control chart alarming but also as a stand alone feature to send out a file to a user group from any analysis.   Why is this idea important?  Many users either only have access to their email (such as being on their phone way from a computer) or need to be able to print an output from JMP to post in their manufacturing areas.  By allowing automatic file generation AND Distibution this will greatly enhance the ability of Engineers to automate routine tasks as well as expand the use of JMP for enterprise systems and eliminate the need to use something like PowerBI for Manufactuing reports and SPC. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  At the moment, when using the generic function of the units, round brackets are used for identification. In science and technology, at least in Europe, the square bracket is actually known as a clear convention for marking units.     What is the improvement you would like to see?  Way to choose between the bracket style for units by option.   Why is this idea important?  Fulfill accepted conventions. Improve the way to transport information's and increase the comprehensibility.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?    JMP's own context menu for a tablebox knows what column you clicked over and offers some column-specific options.    I find that I sometimes want to prevent users from accessing some of the things on the built-in context menu. (I'm making a custom application or UI and don't want them to be able to make certain changes, etc. )   Or there are other cases where the context menu would be a nice place to put a custom script, and to do that I can't just add to that menu I have to replace it with <<Set Context Menu Script, and so I want to replicate some of the built-in features some of which can't be replicated currently.  Or I might want to make a custom script that is column-specific and that is not possible currently.   What is the improvement you would like to see?    << SetContextMenuScript for a TreeBox has a callback function letting you refer easily to "thistree" and "thisnode" in the script. So, it would be great if the one for TableBox could have a callback function with thistable and thiscolumn.   Why is this idea important?    It's possible, but fiddly, currently to have the scripts refer to "this table", so thistable callback would be a convenience.   It's not possible to know what column the user clicked over at all in JSL.  I'm told the tablebox object does not currently receive that info at all so this would be difficult, but in the below Support Ticket conversion I was encouraged to make a wish anyway in case some thought would lead to a good/easy way to do this.  Anyway, it would mean you could write your own scripts for the context menu that are column-specific, not just table-specific, something you can't do today.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  We have the same issue/need as described in this User Community question: Solved: Graph Builder: hide X categories with no data - JMP User Community. Here it is solved by scripting, but I would be much better and more flexible to have an interactive solution. The Graph Builder always shows all categories on the x-axis, and sometimes that is fine, but in other situations it is not. I know there is no data, e.g. this particular measurement wasn't done for all batches. So I don't want to see the batches that have no measurement on the x-axis. This can be solved by adding a Where to the Graph Builder script, but not everybody knows JSL. And if we also want to use a Column Switcher (like in the User Community question), it requires a lot of JSL. See Example1.jmp. The default behavior of the Graph Builder is also a problem when using Page. E.g. we have measurements for a lot of batches from different factories. I use the measurement as Y, Batch as X and Factory as Page and make it a Bar plot. The x-axis shows all batches, which means that most of each plot is empty space, while I would like it to only show the batches where there is data, i.e. the batches for that particular Factory. See Example2.jmp. I currently solve this by changing the Page to By, but then we loose a lot of nice properties that come with the Page setup.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  A setting (the current can be default) like "Ignore/Skip x-axis values/categories with no data" that can be selected interactively in the graph builder. It could be under the Bar element settings if it doesn't apply/make sense for other graph elements.   Why is this idea important?  To avoid graphs with a lot of empty space which makes it impossible to see the trends we are actually looking for. To avoid having to do workarounds.   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  When using the custom DOE platform and adding a blocking variable, the only option is to specify how many runs per block there are. Before a run count is determined, it can be difficult to know how many runs per block there will be for a set number of blocks.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  An option to choose the number of total blocks, and have the platform determine the number of runs per block based on the number of runs.   Why is this idea important?  Often, when performing an experiment, the number of blocks is fixed, but the number of runs is flexible. Having the platform do the calculation to determine the number of runs per block can prevent having to iteratively change the number of runs per block to get to the right design.   ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☐ removes a bug ☑ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   What inspired this wish list request?  Analyze/Tabulate allows a user to do a trick that is not possible with Tables/Summary or JSL/Summarize.   it's no magic - but it's suuuper useful:    stacking of different "tables" - like here the analysis split by age and sex:   there is even a possibility to export this "collection" as a real data table via Make Into Data Table:   oh no, almost -  JMP exports every part as a separate table, so actually  it's a Make into multiple Data Tables. This approach definitely makes sense, the structures of the individual parts might differ - then it doesn't make sense to combine everything into one table. On the other hand, there ARE cases where a combined data table makes sense ...   What is the improvement you would like to see?  For Analyze/Tabulate please provide a functionality Make into SINGLE data table which generates a table: ☝To make sure that no information is lost, the differences between the tables should be added as a separate column (here: with the entries age and sex).        Why is this idea important?  The structure is already visible after generating the Tabulate report -  with the possibility to directly combine the results into one data table the user doesn't need to: - concatenate the different data tables - leading to too many "labelling column" - stack the different labelling columns - leding to rows with empty labels - get rid of of rows with empty labels ... saving him/her from some additional issues on the way:     other wishes from  ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☑ could help all Jmp users! ☑ removes something that feels like a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   What inspired this wish list request?  In Jmp18, a warning message appears for EVERY user - EVERY day - EVERY time Jmp is started  ... unfortunately: already months before Jmp expires. Unlike a splash window, the pop-up window remains in place until the user closes it manually.   This is how it looks like:   What is the improvement you would like to see?  Please - remove the warning message [either: completely, or: after 3 seconds] - just show the warning message 1 - 2 x before it gets disabled [automatically] or: - add an option to disable the warning message (like for the startup splash window).   Why is this idea important?  less confusion for JMP users no annoyed license site managers   other wishes from    TS-00143027   ... View more

☑ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! ☐ removes a bug ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   What inspired this wish list request?  Sometimes, rows have different weight (on a continuous scale) ... and a user wants to express this weight visually in Graph Builder. Different ways to do so: - use color Dropzone - and use a color scale which emphasizes data points with larger weight - use Size Dropzone - making data points with large weight larger.   For both approaches, I have the feeling that my eyes cannot use the information "on the fly" - they need some help of the brain *) why? In Plenary: All Graphs Are Wrong, but Some Are Useful - Xan Gregg @XanGregg explains how different kinds of visualization are easier or harder to understand.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  In my opinion, Transparency is very well suited to visualize weight.   Please add a possibility to use a continuous value to control the weight of data points or elements of other plot types.   Why is this idea important?  There are Drozones for all the important settings: Marker (Overlay), Color, Size, just Transparency is missing.       other wishes from  ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  The search bar in the Data Filter clears any previous selections.  This makes multiple selections from long lists of many levels really tedious; you have to scroll through the entire list to make your selections.     What is the improvement you would like to see? The search bar in the Data Filter should not clear your previous selections.   Why is this idea important? This feature would enable easy & fast multiple selections from long lists.  I'd like to use it to select ingredients from a standardized list of all of our raw materials that would feed a DOE factors table.  This way, scientists are all using the same names/identifiers for ingredients in their DOEs.  Without this feature, I'd have to build a bespoke tool & JSL scripts to do this.         ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? I was working on a dataset with thousands of rows and hundreds of columns, and I saved dozens & dozens of scripts to document my exploratory data analysis and model development process.  I organized the scripts in the script window by grouping them together.  Whenever I received new columns of data, I joined the new data to the large dataset, and the resulting table inherited the scripts from the primary table but the script groupings disappeared. I had to redo the script groupings each time (or copy/paste the new columns into the primary table which is error prone).      What is the improvement you would like to see? Table operations create new tables that inherit the primary table's scripts and the script groups.     Why is this idea important? Maintain script organization as datasets and analyses grow in complexity.  Not all data comes back at the same time, and new questions can be raised over time.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  JMP is super useful in the bioassay world. However it is not easy to constrain asymptotes especially when plotting multiple curves from the same plate. Also using applying the 4PL fit curve in graph builder is not easy. it should be available just like linear regression. This would really make your program powerful.    What is the improvement you would like to see? Please add 4P Hill fitting equation to your Graph Builder platform, just like thelinear regression and other options you have. It would just be a button icon as an option. Even more powerful would be the option to constrain the asymptotes within graph builder. The constraint option in non linear graphing is very cumbersome and often does not give the same results as GraphPad Prism which is the gold std for graphs in the biologic community. JMP is so much more powerful because of the way you can easily look at data and change axes etc, this would make your program superior to GraphPad and many more users would come to you if this was an option.   Why is this idea important? 4P Fitting is extremely important in many biological assays. If you want to extend the reach of your program making this easy will do that. We constantly have to toggle between graph pad Prism. Prism is not ideal because data import is very cumbersome so we end up having to import data with JMP and then copy paste into Prism.      ... View more

The PI/AVEVA connector is substantially improved, enabling JMP to be used in manufacturing datasets.   PI AF databases have multiple elements. The window to select Attributes cannot be resized properly. In addition, we need to be able to search the data using a bar to filter elements.        Last but not least, users should be able to copy and paste the selection done in a previous moment, so the work does not need to be repeated. Similarly, keeping the previous options in memory will help with new extractions (or by having a recall button) ... View more

☐ 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 linked data tables (either summary tables or linked subsets),  a click on  will take me to the original data table. This is very convenient. Great that JMP is willing to share this knowledge.   Unfortunately, there is no corresponding functionality available via JSL - to get from a linked summary table or subset table to the main table.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  For reports, one can use the message << get data table()t o get a reference for the data table. For linked summary tables and subset tables, please provide a corresponding message to get a reference of the original data table.   Why is this idea important?    Just imagine how often you generate a report from a summary table - and then face the difficulty how to save the script. Actually, it's just a combination of  a) the source script for the summary table b) the source script of the report ... but it requires ~ 20 mouse clicks to save the combined script to the main table. If there is a way to get the main table - all this could be triggered by a single click on a toolbar. cool, right?   other wishes from  ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☐ removes something that feels like a „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   #myTop10_2024  What inspired this wish list request?  JMP provides many useful platforms and great functionality for exploratory data analysis.   But even after 18 versions of JMP - there is still some low-hanging fruit to be picked - such as is in spec(value)        What is the improvement you would like to see?  For a column with Spec limits, please provide   a JSL function is in spec(:value) which compares the value of the current row with the spec limits of the column and returns 1 if the value is in spec, missing, if the value is missing and 0 if the value is out of spec  a functions is out of spec(:value) which compares the value of the current row with the spec limits of the column and returns 0 if the value is in spec missing, if the value is missing -1 if :value[] < LSL +1 if :value[] >USL   Both functions should be available via the right click "new formula column" menu. Then users can easily generate new transform column on the fly in every platform - to group and add color to specific data points.   Why is this idea important?  Is the value in spec is a question that is often asked. Right? -> JMP users will love the new easy to use functions.     other wishes from  ... View more

☐cool new feature ☑ could help many users! ☑ removes a (MS) „bug“ ☐ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   What inspired this wish list request?  Many Windows users use Sharepoint to collaborate on the same files. Very convenient: synchronize the Sharepoint file with your OneDrive to have all the files accessible without the hiccups of direct Sharepoint access. This works great for Microsoft files like Word, Excel, Powerpoint...   For Jmp files, it can be very dangerous to have two colleagues working on the same file. In the morning, Alice opens a file, modifies it and saves it at 9 am. She expects the file to be automatically updated in Sharepoint-but as long as the file is open in Jmp, OneDrive won't send the updated file to Sharepoint. After lunch, Bob opens the file on his computer - unfortunately, still the previous version. He makes some changes, saves the file, and closes the file. Now Bob's file is sent to Sharepoint. After a few more hours of tweaking, Alice is satisfied with her version and saves the file. It's now 22:00 and she closes Jmp as well. Now Onedrive tries to update the file in Sharepoint and notices that the file has been changed "in the meantime" (according to OneDrive: in the meantime =  after Alice opened the file in the morning). Therefore, a message will pop up saying that "there are now two versions of the file" - the official one and Alice's version saved with a different filename. Unfortunately, Alice is already on her way home and won't see this message. Best case: The next day, Alice and Bob discover the problem - and after a few "seconds" of merging the files, they end up with the correct one. Worst case: Nobody notices.     What is the improvement you would like to see?  Please optimize the way Jmp works together with OneDrive and Sharepoint. Within Jmp there exist thousands or "workarounds" to make things work via Eval(parse (...)). I hope Jmp developers will find a creative workaround against this annoying behavior of OneDrive / Sharepoint.   suggestions: Please optimize the way Jmp works with OneDrive and Sharepoint. The ideal solution: working with Jmp files from OneDrive/Sharepoint works as seamless as for MS Office files. This will be along way to go ... Inside Jmp there are thousands of "workarounds" to make things work. I hope the Jmp developers will find a creative Eval(parse (...)) workaround for this annoying behavior of OneDrive/Sharepoint.   Suggestions: Is a file stored in OneDrive? -> is there an API command? if not, maybe check the parent directories and search for "OneDrive". If a file is saved to a OneDrive folder, inform the user that the file won't be updated online until the file is closed. close the file and re-open it to trigger the upload (how long has it to be closed till OneDrive notices?) When a file is saved to a OneDrive folder, send an API command to OneDrive to trigger the upload.   Why is this idea important?  The loss of data is one of the most serious problems.   other wishes from  ... View more