What inspired this Wish List Request?
Please describe the new or improved feature or solution you would like to see. Suppose you have the following script that produces several platform instances and returns a list of platform objects.
sd = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Lipid Data.jmp" );
biv = sd << Bivariate(
Y( :Triglycerides ),
X( :LDL ),
Fit Line,
By( :Gender, :Age )
);
Now suppose you want to loop through the objects and capture information about each one or send specific messages based on the values of the By variables. It is currently not easy to determine the By variable values for a given platform. It would be nice is platform objects would receive a message to get the By variables' values and return a list that could be interpreted easily. For example, it might return the argument of the Where statement that would appear in the
biv[i] << Get By Values(); // {:Gender == "female", :Age == 21}
or
biv[i] << Get Where Values(); // {:Gender == "female", :Age == 21}
What would the value be to you and/or other users if this new feature is provided? This information is currently available through scripting, but it is difficult to get cleanly. It requires parsing strings or expressions that can be difficult make work for all cases.
Is this an external customer request? It is inspired by an external customer request.
Is there a competitive software package that has this feature or solution that we should be aware of? No
Will this impact a renewal, expansion, or adoption at a customer, and does this put an account at risk if we do not address this? No
