JMP Wish List

Please add Excel Add-In feature to Mac version. This has been available in Windows version for years, but not available on Mac.    It is indeed a very convenient feature bridge Excel and JMP. I used this feature a lot when I had Windows version.     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Using JMP's Update platform and getting error messages.     What is the improvement you would like to see?  If user has defined columns to be added and chose NOT to replace any of those added columns, add them as new columns with index.   Error:   Names Default To Here(1); dt1 = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp", Invisible); dt2 = Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class Families.jmp", Invisible); dt1 << Update( With(dt2), Match Columns(:name = :name), Add Columns from Update Table(:age), Replace Columns in Main Table(None) ); Close(dt1, no save); Close(dt2, no save); but I would like to end up with two age columns: original age and newly created age 2 from the dt2.       Why is this idea important?  Makes using Update more flexible without having to rely on renaming columns     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?    The request is for interoperability between JMP's python interpreter and Jupyter notebooks.   What is the improvement you would like to see?    I could install ipykernel and jupyter with jpip from a JMP Python script. I was able to create a kernel for the JMP's Python interpreter. I was able to connect to this kernel in Jupyter and import jmp and import jmputils inside of code cells in a Jupyter notebook, but I was unable to run the jpip command to install matplotlib inside of JMP's Python interpreter. Of course, I could run this jpip command from the Python script inside JMP.     Why is this idea important?    This would be very appealing to many Python users, many of whom like to use Jupyter notebooks.   In addition, it would appeal to Emacs users. Most Emacsens prefer to spend all day inside Emacs. Org-mode is a fancy markup language for Emacs that supports interactive literate programming. It is similar to R markdown notebook. Via the Emacs package org-babel, there is a Jupyter "language" that enables connecting to Jupyter via a specific kernel. This "language" makes any programming language supported in Jupyter via a kernel available in Emacs.  ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Making JMP log take almost all of my memory as JMP wanted to print list of 20 million items to log due to error in my code. And then if don't remember that you have to se Clear Log() instead of the faster Ctrl + A + Delete to clear the log, it is better just force close JMP.   JMP is also able to make log much shorter in some cases such as Get Session Script() but it just prints "..." and generally it isn't really useful (is session script really just ... or just long string of text jmp didn't want to print (latter in this case)). JMP should still print to log, show at least start and end of the log AND keep the log for single print small enough to not cause lockup.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like JMP log to be smarter when user by accident, alert is shown OR on purpose prints long text to log (matrices, lists, rarely expressions). Alert is able to add "scissors" and show only start and end of the log message. Log window could show more than alert window but still not excessive amounts UNLESS user specifies that they wish to see everything -> there should also be a way to view the whole log (maybe save it to temp file which user could open?).   This example doesn't yet create impossible long log message. You can create longer by adding few zeros to the table initialization but I wouldn't suggest it.   Names Default To Here(1); dt = New Table("Test", Add Rows(1000000), New Column("Row", Numeric, Ordinal, Formula(Row())), Invisible ); dt << New Column("Str", Character, Nominal, Set Each Value( Repeat(Hex(:Row), 2) )); /* // Don't make the mistake of running this line as it will print excessively long list to log dt[0, "Str"]; */ m = dt[0, "Str"]; // List( 100000 elements ) assigned. /* Loc(Is Missing(dt[0, "Str"])); // prints' everything to log, but alert has just part of it */ /* wait(0); l = 0; For Each({line}, Get Log(), l = l + Length(line); ); show(l); */ Alert window with the scissors       and I get to my log 3 000 972 characters of text.   Why is this idea important?  Prevents JMP from locking when you have long log messages which can be printed by accident, due to errors or on purpose. ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  There are many instances when I need to combine columns from different data tables into a new table. I know there are workarounds to do this (subsets, get script, etc), but why can't there be a simple copy column/paste column command?   What is the improvement you would like to see?  Add copy/paste column commands to JSL   Why is this idea important?  Makes a common task very simple instead of resorting to more complex JSL workarounds.   ... 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?  Substitute is a very powerful function for expression handling: Using JSL to Develop Efficient, Robust Applications (EU 2018 415)  A big disadvantage of Substitute: it evaluates it's arguments : ( Therefore, Expressions with Substitute() get quite lengthy and hard to read. Besides that, a new JSL scripter has to learn the correct syntax - nobody expects that all those Expr() are necessary.   Example: Substitute( Expr( a + Sqrt( a ) ), Expr( a ), Expr( b ) )   What is the improvement you would like to see?  A new function subst () which doesn't evaluate it's arguments. Then one can write : Substitute( a + Sqrt( a ), a, b )   Why is this idea important?  Subst() and Eval(Subst()) will be used millions of times - and each time a JSL scripter will be happy that you implemented it!   other wishes from    ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? Confirming that residuals have a normal distribution involves several steps but is fundamental to evaluating the fit.     What is the improvement you would like to see? Overlaid histograms on the LHS of the chart would save a lot of time by providing an immediate view of the normality of the data.     Why is this idea important? It would save some time and remind users to check for normality.     ... 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?  In JMP there are hundreds of settings which can be controlled via the preferences - AND in addition one can use the GUI or JSL to change the setting for a specific report. - axis size - Local Data filter: Conditional - all the Platform Preferences - ...   But there are some settings which can only be controlled via the preferences. This is extremely bad practice! To change a plot, a user has to change the global settings. This also affects all other plots. And if the user forgets to set the settings back to the original format, the next day he will face a nightmare ... till he remembers.     What is the improvement you would like to see?  Please scan the preferences add check where it makes sense to add a GUI and JSL on-time control.   - X/Y Group Font Size : How do I change the font size of group labels on Y axis?  - Make decimal separator an option  - Hollow Marker Setting:      Why is this idea important?  If such a setting is missing - is't extremely frustrating for the user.       other wishes from  ... View more

This has been inspired by researching an undocumented error message for the Open-Command where we have invested much time to search for the cause of the error which could have been prevented if the error message was meaningful and documented e.g. in the scrioting index.   In fact we got the error "Cannot open table at row <n>" several times but not reproducible while opening CSV files using the Open-Command. After a long research we have seen that the sometime file copy actions of huge files via the network take a long time and in case of an unstable network get abandoned after a timeout. This means a part of the file content could be transferred but the other part not and will be filled up with Null values.    I would like to see an improvement in these unmeaning error messages by: - transferring them to meaningful messages "Cannot open table at row <n>" => e.g. "File is corrupted and cannot be read at line <n>" - document it at least in the scripting index by giving examples in code - make the text of the error message language independent in English - returning language-independent error numbers like in the Windows-world e.g.    - a function exception_code() which returns an array of a error number and a language-independent error as a string { 93, "File not found"} or similar. This would be great to query the error code and present a custom message to the user.   This idea is important to lower unnecessary research times for error messages and enhance the prevention and taking care of errors.   @martindemel  ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? The result the LCA platform changes every time you run it because you cannot set a random seed. When sharing the results with business stakeholders this problematic because the reported result differs from the demonstrated result. Having to explain why to the results differ adds complexity to what can already be a difficult conversation.   What is the improvement you would like to see? Add the ability to set a random sed to the LCA platform.   Why is this idea important? No need to explain why the reported results differ from the demonstrated results to business stakeholders. Different results, while expandable, can erode confidence in the results, especially for the stakeholders who are less familiar with statistics.     ... View more

I'm working behind company firewall and I had trouble installing packages through Python Install packages().   I have by-passed the issue using jmp.utils package, as suggested in JMP 18 Help.  I have edited the jpip.bat file manually modifying the pip command like this:   "C:\Program Files\JMP\JMPPRO\18\jmp_python.exe" -m pip %* --proxy http://myproxy:myport I think this suggestion could be included in the help quite easily.   As an even better solution, I would suggest to add a "proxy" argument to the Python Install Packages() function.   Matteo         ... 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?  availabe in JMP:     What I need:   Local Data filter & Animation - how to specify the range?    What is the improvement you would like to see?  for Data Filter / animate, please add 2 new modes: animate the max animate the min besides the current animate max and min in parallel   add on wish:  fading persistency for historic data points    Why is this idea important?  For animated time trends, users want to see the historic data as well in addition to the "current data". the current mode of animate cannot generate such videos.     other wishes from  ... View more

☐ cool new feature ☐ could help many users! - e.g. in Semiconductor Industry ☐ removes something that feels like a „bug“ ☑ nice to have ☐ nobody needs it   What inspired this wish list request?  Custom Binning is a very cool platform. It's super useful. Thanks @Jeff_Perkinson ! I have to admit - from all the binning schemes, 50% of the time I use Equal Width - and 49% of the time, I define the values manually.   Among the 49 percent, most of the time I want to process a column with spec limits and mark rows which are out of spec.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  If a column has a  property Spec Limit, in the Custom Binning Platform please add options for the two cases: 1) "in spec" and "out of spec". 2) < LSL in spec > USL   Why is this idea important?  The new feature will greatly facilitate the work of users in many industries, e.g. # semiconductor industry   other wishes from    ... View more

What inspired this wish list request? Please describe the current issue that needs improvement or the problem to be solved that is not easy or possible right now, with an example use case.  Users may need to break strings into lines.   What is the improvement you would like to see? Please describe the idea for improving JMP. Please include mock-ups, wireframes, screenshots, scripts, other documents or examples from other software that help describe the change you would like to see.  Documented example of breaking string into lines. textLines = Items(text, Hex To Char("0D", "us-ascii"));   Why is this idea important? Please describe the value to you and/or other users if the idea is implemented (for example, ease of use, must have,…). This will save users time.   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  When sharing link to script to others, if I have script open, I then need to guess and check where the script was saved to.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like to see similar functionality for hovering over scripts in JMP Home Window's "Recent Files" section in the "Window List" section, specifically adding the filePath.   Why is this idea important?  This will help prevent confusion if working on similar named scripts from different folders.   ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Utilizing Caption in some scripts to relay information to user and not being able to resize "forcing" me to go back to new window as it is difficult to fit text to the very small caption box.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like to see Size parameter on Caption Box Caption( {100, 200}, "explanation", Size(600, 600), Font("Arial Black"), Font Size(16), Text Color("blue"), Back Color("yellow"), Spoken(1) );   Syntax: y = Caption( <{h, v}>, text | remove, <Size(width, height)>, <Delayed( seconds )>, <Font(font)>, <Font Size(size)>, <Text Color(color)>, <Back Color(color)>, <Spoken(bool)> ) Why is this idea important?  Makes it easier to utilize Caption in different applications.   ... View more

このウィッシュリストリクエストのきっかけは何ですか?   JMP17以前に比べて、JMP18のVariability Chart が見づらくなりました。 理由は、specification lineとグラフ上下端の幅が小さくなったためです。     改善してほしいことは何ですか?   自動的に決定されるVariability Chart のスペック線と上下端の隙間の幅を、JMP17以前と同等に戻す。   この考え方がなぜ重要なのでしょうか? この改善によりグラフの視認性が向上し、より理解されやすいグラフを手間なく作成できるようになります。   もちろん、作るグラフが１つだけの場合は、軸の設定を手で変更すれば所望のグラフを作成できます。 しかし、製造業で用いる場合には、数百、数千のグラフを作成する必要がありグラフを手作業で直すことは不可能です。 また、scriptでグラフ上下幅を設定させることも管理パラメータを増やすことになり不適切ですし、外れ点をうまく表示できなくなる恐れが発生します。 従って、製造業のユーザにとっては、グラフ作成の工数削減にもつながるとても魅力的な改善です。     ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  I have been working on predictive models where I have my data set split in to defined inputs and a validation split, but I have up to 9 response parameters I am trying to model. I noticed if I make a PLSR model I can add all the response parameters to the response box in the gui and the software will make 9 independent models (one for each response parameter) summarized together in the results. But when using an algorithm like a NNET I can either model each response parameter one at a time, or if I had them all to the response box in the gui instead of JMP speeding up the process and training a NNET for each parameter, it trains a single combined NNET model to try and predict each output. It simply is not clear when the software is making independent models or fusion model.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I think there are two additions that user would find helpful.  Updating instructions in the how tos It would be good to have it clarified in the help/how to section how JMP treats modelling multiple response. Adding a radial option in model gui for the applicable algorithms. I think the easies option would be to include a radial option on the amenable algorithms (NNET and Tree-based etc.) that would let the user select if they want all the response parameters to be modelled collectively vs. independently.       I think there was an option similar to this for how jmp handles multiple response parameters back in JMP 13 (maybe still included in JMP 15) but its an option that seem to have been removed.       Why is this idea important?  I think this idea is important for two reasons.  First is simple clarification. It wasn't immediately evident how some of the algorithms like NNET treat multiple response parameters in JMP and I think users would benefit from a more straightforward description of how modelling multiple responses in JMP works so they know the software is doing what is expected.  Additionally I think this option, just gives users more flexibility in how they use JMP efficiently and would allow them to maximize the value they gain from JMP. In my experience their are applications where modelling results together vs. independently can be critical to maximize model performance.    ... View more

What inspired this wish list request?  Script Editor is the best tool to find most of the related commands/messages/functions of an object and Script Editor has also shortcut which makes opening Scripting Index much faster (ctrl+double click). Only issue with this is, that it always seems to perform the search on All Functions level AND it won't be able to update the categories.   What is the improvement you would like to see?  I would like to be able to easily get the scripting index categories updated when I ctrl+double click on script editor. We have simple script Data Table() and I wish to know what I could do with data tables. So I hold ctrl and double click on the data table. Now if I click on the Data Table I would like to get the category updated (or even better, it should be updated automatically based on first match?), but it stays All Functions. So what I always have to do, is to write Data Table to Filter Click again on the exactly same message Data Table and then it will update Category (not exactly sure why it is Row instead of Data Table but it is still better than All Categories). Now I can select the Row() category (or just clear the search) and I will get nice clean list of different operations related to the category   Why is this idea important?  Makes using Script Editor in combination of Scripting Index more enjoyable and removes a lot of unnecessary hassle.     ... View more