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Units conversion

I notice that one of the column properties is "units", which assume to mean things like "feet", "kilometers", etc.

 

Is there a hidden feature that will allow the user to change the column to different units easily?  E.g., if input data is in "feet", the user could right click the column header and see an option to change the units to "meters" and the column values would change?

 

Also, if JMP could detect the units from the column header, e.g. len(m) = length in meters --> column header as "len" and units as "meters".

Data AccessRe: Units conversion

Can you give us some more details on how you would want this work?

 

If I enter a column as feet and then change it to inches would you want it to just format all the values by multiplying by 12? What should happen to other columns that depend on this column in a formula? Wouldn't that be confusing?

Or would you want it to multiply all the values by 12? What would happen to other formula columns that depended on this original column?

 

Admittedly, some built-in functions to convert between units would be useful. Check out Conversion Function Library which adds a whole bunch of common conversions to the Formula Editor, and JSL.

 

 

Re: Units conversion

Specifying the Units property suggests that something could be done with it. But this is not the case. A few versions ago JMP introduced the ability to fully customize date/time formats. It would be very helpful to have a similar feature for units conversion that works in formulas and reports.

Re: Units conversion

This is important because formulas without unit conversions have very limited capabilities. JMP has an excellent formula editor but it will never be fully advantageous for performing meaningful calculations until it can automatically convert units. Thirty year old calculators like the HP 48GX can recognize and convert units so it should be possible with modern programming and computational advancements?

Re: Units conversion - Status changed to: ArchivedWe are archiving this request. If this is still important please comment with additional details and we will reopen. Thank you!