Hi @andrewtkarl, thank you for your suggestion! We have captured your request and will take it under consideration.
and:Invisible option for MFI
What inspired this wish list request?
In
https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Open-multiple-Files/m-p/632068/highlight/true#M83045
@Craige_Hales explains:MFI [...] has a faster CSV reader than open() uses. (*)
This makes MultiFileImport extremely fast!
But sometimes, a measurement file has a very complicated file structure such that it is much easier to import multiple files separately, process them and at the end: stack them.
Unfortunately, because of (*), using Open(...) in a for loop takes forever.
On the other hand: importing hundreds of files via MFI - without stacking them - is also slow because there is no option to hide the files.
--> Most of the time is spent to display hundreds of Jmp windows.
What is the improvement you would like to see?
Please add an option "invisible" to the MFI file import.
Why is this idea important? There seems to be a white spot of Jmp:
I don't know what other users do if they want to import a large quantity of files - if the header format is too complicated for standard MFI preprocessing.
Why is this idea important? Adding an option "invisible" to MFI will fix the issue:- MFI is fast
- with invisible activated, MFI is still fast when the input files are not stacked
- this allows some processing before the files are stacked--> tiny change --> huge improvement
I also support Invisible option for MFI as well as an aggressive stack or concatenate option for non-similar tables.
