JMP Wish List

JMP 14 added the ability to display a normal quantile plot for residuals within the fit model platform. This is a nice feature in JMP 14, allowing users to save time when evaluating normalcy of residuals (avoiding the need to save residuals to the data table, and to do Analyze > Distribution in order to get a normal quantile plot). To extend this capability further in future JMP versions, please consider equipping the fit model platform with red triangle options to fit a normal curve to residuals, and to generate a Shapiro-Wilk test result. ... View more

I was looking for more details on the implementation of the prediction intervals in the JMP Fit Model Profiler, when you use the loglinear variance personality in the Fit Model platform. Could you provide more insight compared to what I can find in the help or over the internet ? For instance, does it use the design matrix in its computation ? Like this: with With (this is the part I miss on the documentation)   With sigma square (hat) being the model RSME (for loglinear variance, I guess this is the predicted RMSE for one design condition) and xh a new design condition. I hope so because this is just amazingly powerful to do exactly this.   Additionally, my point is that Prediction inverals are what we need. I communicated in the past (long, long time ago) that having generally those prediction intervals in the prediction profiler would be an ultimate addition to this powerful tool. I mean, the default multiple regression model (Standard Least Square) is the one used by most users, and this is unfortunate Prediction intervals are not available there ! Also, it would be easy to use such a Student distribution with the Simulator as well, instead of a Normal distribution not accounting for the design matrix nor the degrees of freedom (it even exists in multi-response form as a multivariate Student distribution) ! The reason is that most people use DoE first, and then come up with models that logically have low degrees of freedom. Hence the Normal approximation does not hold quite much.   For information, a lot of people cannot really use JMP for their Design Space computation (QbD environment) because of that poor Normal distribution in the simulator, to get the probabilities of defects. Then, we usually need to come back to R or SAS to do it, which is an unfortunate huge loss of time. ... View more

This feature is existing in VB or C#. It would be nice and much faster if we could visually build our interface and then export it into JSL script. ... View more

Hi, I propose a feature to export preferences, including all preferences that show up in the file->preferences menu (on a PC) and the recent and pinned file list in the home window. Most of my files are on a network drive so they'd still be valid paths.   Toolbars (visible vs not) and installed addins would be a nice touch but those are fairly quick to do.   I realize it is possible to do some of this with JSL but it would be nice if this was a native feature.   Thanks, Mike ... View more

Hi,   When installing a new major version (15.1 > 16.0 for example), would it be possible that the installer could ask if you want to keep the old version or if only the update should be installed (consider major updates as a patch).   This would make deployments easier.   Regards, Guillaume ... View more

Similar to posts in the Discussions 1. https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/How-to-force-datatype-of-columns-when-importing-Excel-file/m-p/41418#M24172 2. https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Import-Excel-table-with-columns-that-have-bad-data-types/m-p/48132#M27407   Yes, I appreciate that JMP respects what is in Excel's "Format Cells" screen. Unfortunately, some people (and some machines that create Excel files of data) submit formatting requests that are simply wrong. I would like some way to override Excel when a user has done something stupid like format a column of letters as numeric.   As it stands I have to tell users to collect the data and let the machine create the Excel file, then open Excel and fix the file, then go to JMP. I would rather my users skip Excel so they aren't tempted to assume Excel could do their analysis, too. The consequence is that I am going to be asked to write a VBA macro to do the analysis instead so the users don't have to use two separate programs to make an analysis.   And no, the machine can't create a CSV file. It writes a multi-tabbed Excel. ... View more

The JMP Wish list seems like a good idea and has existed more than half a year by now. According to the stats ZERO ideas have been approved for implementation. I suggest you start using the JMP Wish list actively. ... View more

I know it is possible to do bootstrapped CI in JMP. But, when we build and test complicated mediation model, the indirect effects need to be calculated and then a bootstrapped CI is needed to build on that indirect effect. I am sure some smart JMP user has figured it out. I hope that person may write a script or a step-by-step procedure for doing this in JMP. Otherwise JMP developers, please take a note of this wish list. ... View more

Hi,   Would be nice to have an API to convert csv to jmp format without opening jmp software.   Regards, Guillaume ... View more

I see Eval( Eval Expr( ... Expr( ) ) ) peppered throughout code, and once their separate functions is understood it is clear why they exist as separate functions.  However, to anyone new to scripting it takes time to start using all three functions effectively.  A new wrapper around Eval( Eval Expr( would reduce some perceived complexity.  For example, a wrapper called 'Eval Expr First' might make this more clear:   x = 2; Eval Expr First( New Table( "Untitled 5", Add Rows( 1 ), New Column( "Column 1", Numeric, "Continuous", Format( "Best", 12 ), Formula( Expr( x ) ) ) ) ); ... View more

I would like the ability to change the y axis type to Logarithmic on control charts. ... View more

  Can we have JMP implement Silhouette plots in cluster analysis platform? Silhouette plots (Rousseeuw (1987)) are useful in many phases of cluster analysis: visualization, validation and choosing optimal number of clusters. The Silhouette value represents a measure of internal cohesion and external isolation and can be used in any of the clustering routines available in JMP cluster analysis: 1) hierarchical; 2) nonhierarchical – k-means cluster; and 3) latent class analysis once cluster assignment is made.  With JMP's focus on visualization, it will be a useful addition to existing tools in cluster analysis. ... View more

the standard is always set to m.d.y and there is no way to set the preferences to d.m.y.   somewhere it was wrote that it takes the preferences which are set as specific from Windows, but this is not working.   Another phenomena is that if you script it, like this, it works only after updating data from mssql server it works or if you do it manually by hand (m.d.y --> d.m.y over  column info) col=Column("An_Dt"); col<<data type("numeric")<< modeling type("continuous") << Format ("d.m.y",12)<<Input Format ("d.m.y");       ... View more

JMP long ago wrote a White Paper on the procedural steps to go thru to produce interpolations (at the X's I DESIRE/NEED) from a spline fit.  Works fine.  As with Excel files, you keep opening and et cetera, so you don't have to create from scratch the formulas and so on.  Every time though it's still a bit tedious.  The rows adding / the columns creation / whole new data table too and so on.  So even with an already done set of formulas, still tedious.  I'd like to see JMP have a formula or "red triangle" that says "USE THE SPLINE TO INTERPOLATE / ESTIMATE VALUES BASED ON THE SPLINE FOR THE VALUES IN THIS ______ COLUMN" and the red triangle would have a dialog to simply ask you for which column of X's are the spline "responses" to be interpolated.  Once JMP has LOESS regression (per my suggestion), DITTO there.  LOESS interpolate with a red triangle to pop up the dialog, for which column of X values do I want LOESS-Interpolated response estimates.  For the motivation, see my LOESS suggestion.  It's in the realm of metrological statistics.  Fully rigorous, but not fancy for the sake of it.  And a FULLY PRACTICAL NEED.  A NEED unfulfilled (the LOESS) and fulfilled only with a big rigamaroll (interpolation of spline via the White Paper involved procedures). ... View more

I would like a command to return the pathname of the JSL script.  For example, if I run a script "/Users/John_Doe/Documents/JMP/JMP Scripts/myscript.jsl", and I would like to have a command like this inside the script:   thispath = Get Current Script Path();    Show(thispath); And I would like this to return: "/Users/John_Doe/Documents/JMP/JMP Scripts/myscript.jsl"   The reason for this request: I have a "common functions.jsl" script that many of my scripts call using "Include".  It contains many frequently used user functions that I don't want to copy into each new script I write.  I also like to share my scripts with others in my group, along with "common functions.jsl".  I can require that my group members place common functions.jsl in the same place relative to the JSL calling it (e.g. the same folder, or parent folder), but I can't control what the overall path names will be.  If I had the path name of the calling script, I could easily use that to figure out where "common function.jsl" is (e.g. "/Users/John_Doe/Documents/JMP/JMP Scripts/common function.jsl").   I cannot use Get Default Directory().  I've found this command returns only the path of the most recent file opened using the Open File dialog.  This works if the user opens the script and immediately runs it.  The problem is if the user opens another script after opening "myscript.jsl", but then tries to run "myscript.jsl".  It this case Get Default Directory() will return the path of the other script, not "myscript.jsl".  Also, Get Default Directory() does not get updated if a script is opened from the Recent Files list.     Any suggestions, or is this something that doesn't exist yet?  Thanks for your help. ... View more

Stuck on a train tonight with some .dta (Stata) files but without Stata on my laptop. No problem I thought - will just import into jmp but seems that isn't currently possible even though you provide support for SPSS, R and SAS (obvs).   Train ride seems even longer because of this lack....   :( ... View more

Create JSL functions to interact with Keychain on mac, Credential Store on Windows, and the Secret Service API on Linux.  This could be very similar to the open source keyring R package.   This would provide a better solution for this post: save passwords securely  and the script here: Set and get credentials in the Credential Manager via PowerShell on Windows   ... View more

It would be great to be able to group table variables like you can group table scripts. ... View more

Similar to opening a 'new window' in excel, where changes in one (except layout) are reflected in all others.  This would make it easier to use multiple monitors with a project. ... View more