INTRO: What are the major changes to JMP Live?
Here are our top five favorites:
- Data Refresh and Scheduling – Report publishers are now able to refresh the data of a their report directly from JMP Live. Scheduling – They also have an easy way to schedule the refresh of their data within JMP Live
- Data Focus
- JMP Live Spaces
- Nested Folders
- Nested Groups
Data Refresh and Scheduling
What problems do the changes solve for our users?
- Site administrators do not need to install JMP PV on a separate server just to run refresh scripts
- There is no need to use and learn the Windows Task Scheduler.
Can you give an example of how it might work for a JMP user?
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What are the impacts this can make on users’ work and on organizations?
- Everything can now be managed in one place – JMP Live.
- User will not need to learn Windows Task scheduler or need to ask their IT department to set task up for them.
What do you think will surprise or delight users about this?
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Data Focus
What changed?
Data has been elevated to a "first class citizen". A JMP user can publish data directly to JMP Live (without a report). A JMP user can publish a report which uses existing JMP Live data. The report and the data do not have to be in the same folder. A JMP User can preview data in JMP Live before downloading it.
What problems does the change solve for our users?
Previously, there was an implicit assumption that there were really two kinds of people using JMP Live: data/analysis experts, and the audience of people who looked at the reports. In reality, data experts and analysis experts might be different people. The new publish options address this by giving JMP users more flexibility in what they can publish (and where it ends up).
Examples of how it might work
Publishing data directly to JMP Live (without a report)
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Publishing a report which uses existing JMP Live data
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Previewing data in JMP Live before downloading it
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What are the impacts this can make on users’ work and on organizations?
The new publish options in JMP Live 17.0 support a workflow where some users produce great data, other users produce reports analyzing that data, and still other users get to use and communicate about those reports. Of course, if you have users who want to produce and use data and reports, you can still work that way in JMP Live 17.0.
What do you think will surprise or delight users about this?
Users will see that data has been elevated to a "first class citizen" that you can publish directly, preview, bookmark, comment and collaborate on, reference in new reports, etc. I think that this will delight data nerds!
JMP Live Spaces
What changed?
Data and reports are published to spaces. A "space" is just a place to put related content. Your colleague(s) with admin rights create spaces and decide who has access to the data and reports in them. If you're an existing JMP Live customer, some spaces will be set up for you automatically during the migration to 17.0.
What problems does the change solve for our users
Previously, a JMP user needed to decide, each time they published a report, which users and groups the report would be shared with. There wasn't an easy way to give users extra collaboration privileges (like editing or updating their colleague's reports). The "space" concept takes some of the load off of the JMP user who publishes content. And it opens up new possibilities for collaboration.
An example of how it might work
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What are the impacts this can make on users’ work and on organizations?
- The new JMP Live "spaces" define who can access (publish / edit / delete / etc.) JMP Live reports and data. Here are the highlights:
- The publisher has less work to do.
- The admin has more work to do, but can delegate that work to other users, if they want to.
- The admin has more ability to fine-tune who can access what, if they want to.
What do you think will surprise or delight users about this?
Users who publish to JMP Live may be pleased to simply "pick a location" and not have to think about who exactly the content should be shared with. Users may be delighted to have more collaboration opportunities, for example if they are granted "edit" or "replace" or "data admin" access to a space.
Nested Folders
What changed?
You can establish folders within folders. Your colleague(s) with admin rights can establish user groups within user groups.
What problems does the change solve for our users?
Previously, both folders and groups were "flat" (one level only). This might not have been the best match for an organization's content and personnel.
An example of how it might work
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Nested Groups
What are the impacts this can make on users’ work and on organizations
JMP users who publish to JMP Live have more control over the folder structure, and can create a structure that more faithfully keeps "like with like". JMP Live users browsing for interesting reports or data can therefore more easily find related content. They can also download just one report, just one folder with related content, or a higher level folder with lots of content. The folder structure is then mirrored in the downloaded JMP Project.
JMP users with admin rights can create a user group structure in JMP Live that more faithfully represents the actual user groups in the organization. For example "Engineering" --> "Quality Engineering" --> "Widget Production Team". Individual users, or groups at any level of the hierarchy can be given customized access to a space. For example, perhaps you want all engineers to be able to view reports, but you want only quality engineers to be able to edit them.
What do you think will surprise or delight users about this?
I think that the "Open In JMP" option for reports and nested folders will delight users. First, it's just a bit faster and "cooler" than "Download as JMP Project" (which is still available by the way). Second, the JMP Live folder structure is mirrored in the JMP project, which reinforces the user's understanding of how the reports and data relate to each other.
