How to know if data table is private

Question

Hello everybody,

I'd like to use the

subscribe to data table list()

function to handle all tables that the user opens during the execution of a script of mine. Since the script is also creating its own private data tables, I need a way to detect whether a data table is private in order to treat it differently from data tables opened by the user.  I have looked for a "is Private" function but could not find it.

The

<<has data view()

message is not working as I would like it to. I think this could be related the the fact the data view is created after the "onopen" function of the data table subscription is triggered.

thanks for your help!

Matteo

matteo_patelmo · Answer

Hi @Craige_Hales ,

you are right, one should not close the table inside the "open" callback function. This is not what I actually need to do, I put it in my example just as a way to explore what was happening, but it's not the key issue.

You are also right that when using  "Open(..., private)" , the "open" callback function is not activated.  This is exactly the behavior I would need.

But, in my example, I was using  "New Table(..., private)" . In this case the "open" callback function is activated.  This is where I need a way to know that the table is private and to manage it differently.

thanks again!

Matteo

Craige_Hales · Answer

I'm pretty sure closing the table during the open leaves JMP 15 in a slightly broken state @Audrey_Shull . Don't do that; the table names, at a minimum, seem confused afterward. I'm pretty sure the behavior will be different in JMP 16.

I'm also puzzled; neither call back is made here:

does not print "opening" or "closing"

My opinion is that the callbacks should never be made for private data tables. That's part of what private means...they should be hard to observe and mess with. @chungwei

matteo_patelmo · Answer

Hi @David_Burnham ,

in fact, I would like to detect all data tables created during execution of my script, but treat differently the private ones (basically doing nothing on them), from the visible ones created by the user.  This cannot be handled by a list, I think.  See also my reply to @Craige_Hales.

thanks!
Matteo