Welcome to the JMP Development Update for September 6, 2024!
Hope everyone here in the US enjoyed the Labor Day weekend! Despite the shortened work week, there’s been a lot going on between JMP 19 feature work, JMP 18.2 fixes, and Discovery preparations.
This week, JMP QA signed off on JMP 18.1 and R&D managers, Security and Tech Support also completed their final signoffs. Bob has tested upload/download of installers in the MyJMP sandbox and plans to upload the software into production early next week. Thanks to the doc, L10N and web teams for collaborating to get JMP 18.1 release notes posted as well!
We are moving quickly towards JMP 19 EA3 freeze on 9/20/24. Mia says thank you for all the feature page updates made recently and please keep them coming! The list of JMP 19 EA customers has continued to grow as more customers authorize JMP 18 and as you can see from Tonya’s beta/crash report for this week (with crashes selected), we’re getting a steady stream of feedback from those customers.
Beta/Crash report for the week of 9/6/2024 | JMP Live
Thanks to John Sall for sharing this picture of what we’ll just call a JMP-themed license plate – this was snapped by Zoe Jewell while she was up in Boston dropping her son off at school! :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:
General Announcements
Important Upcoming Dates
- JMP 19 EA3 Code Freeze – 9/20/24
- JMP 18.1.1 Security Freeze – 11/1/24
- JMP 18.1.1 Final Image Candidate – 11/4/24
- JMP 18.1.1 QA Signoff – 11/14/24
- JMP 18.1.1 Release in MyJMP - ~11/19/2024
- Please visit Confluence for a full list of JMP 18 and JMP 19 dates.
JMP Development Updates
Core
- Evan: Embedded images into clipboard HTML using Data URIs. Working on JSS Dev Talk. Consulting on Python Integration and JSS theme work. Successful prototype of using Windows Automation APIs from within JSL/JMP to drive JMP (for future addition to JSL Mimic). Possible improvements to accessibility for LRT and context popup menus.
- Dan S: Fixed a problem opening JMP Projects with a lot of tabs, Added scripting option <
- Dave B: Worked with tech support to work around a bug a customer found importing triple-s files and have a fix for 19.0 ready. Fixed two mimic() issues and found another problem with remote desktop when the remote desktop window is minimized.
DOE and Reliability
- Caleb: Continued work on converting the two sample means explorer into C++. I also finalized some work on a project with WildTrack. I’m also working on an interesting illustration of the JMP-Python and JMP-R integration features. Hope to be able to share it soon!
- Irene: Continued investigating Jira tickets and met with collaborators to discuss research projects.
Hosting and Interfaces
- Will Morgan: Looking into ways I can reauthenticate users into their AWS accounts without requiring user interaction. I’m looking into either OAuth2 or trying to script the built-in SSO that AWS provides.
Interactive HTML
- Paul Spychala: Support Custom Default N Level for HTML Profilers and Support HTML Profilers with >99 Effects [JMPHTML-13609]. New MathML Support for constants OpPi and OpE for HTML [JMPHTML-13538]. Add Support for HTML Neural Profiler with Multiple Y’s and Categorical Values [JMPHTML-2473]. Also spent time fixing issues with Fit to Window and Life Distribution Profilers in HTML.
- Mike Stickles: Completed regression testing and submitted fix for JMPHTML-13903. Currently working on JMPHTML-1407 (Legend setting on size role does not work on HTML5). Planning to return to working on Word Cloud selections (JMPHTML-13966 and JMPHTML-13982) after that. Will be on vacation all of next week.
- John Powell: Met with John Sall, Eric Hill, Praveena, then Brian C and Dieter to discuss support for drilling down in Process Screening platform to reveal Control Charts for unstable processes on JMP Live (JMPHTML-1033). Cleaned up and committed initial code to support Scatterplot 3D interactive HTML (JMPHTML-13491). Wrote and committed code to detect Scatterplot3D in a Journal that is being exported to Interactive HTML and render static (JMPHTML-14070). Started STIPS course.
JMP Live
- Aurora: Control chart warning improvements (reset triage decisions less aggressively on data change, send more information to the client when warnings are disabled). Gave a requested demo to a small group at Bavarian Nordic. Attended Mastering JMP session on JMP Live presented by Mike Anderson and Byron Wingerd.
Statistics
- Laura C-S: Continued working with Haley on the JSM proposal for an invited session on SEM (we finished and submitted). Fixed a difficult bug in the MIIV-2SLS algorithm for identifying instruments, and met with Haley to discuss the details. Improved warnings and default handling of improper specifications in MIIV-2SLS. Fixed missing values appearing in the covariance of estimates in MIIV-2SLS. Continued reading on the different versions of Omega coefficients for reliability of scales.
Stat Testing
- Haley: Worked with Laura Castro-Schilo on putting together a submission for a SEM-themed invited session at JSM next summer. Continued writing tests to verify new and changed elements of the SEM report with the MIIV estimator.
- Mark: Attended a meeting with other authors to support Bill Fisher when he presented his patent. Demonstrated the usability study tool and a study example with Jacob to the patent examiner to clarify claims. Developing cases for a workshop about Bayesian optimization by Chris and Phil based on the PenSim emulator.
- Jacob: Preparing patent presentation for Usability Study Tool (with Mark Bailey). Updating Usability Study Tool to handle more advanced choice design studies. Working with Bill Fisher on his Choice Design add-in tests. Verifying Jira tickets and adding unit tests.
- Tonya: Working on refactoring some test cases and bug verification.
Life Sciences Updates
- Richard: Submitted session proposals to DIA Annual Meeting. Finishing up the AE-Medication query report.
Technical Support and Engagement
Development Operations
- Bob: Complete testing of install only build machine. Will be transitioning sometime next week. All 18.1 signoffs are now complete. Tested new installers in updated SalesForce SandBox. Will be uploading JMP 18.1 files for customers early next week. Secured group discounted Beyond Compare licenses for the 24 people who wanted a license.
- Jim: Installed Java updates on all JMP 19 UT machines (JMPTOOL-1344); archived Jenkins JMP 18.1 projects; brought seven UT machines into SAS Compliance; continued updating my unit test scripts across all 16 configurations.
- Myron: Worked on a few maintenance items related to Testbot and getting JMPTOOL’s software updated. Mainly working on getting AWS Stringbot results to match production Stringbot.
- Shannon C: Looked into unit test crashes, DNCs and timeouts persisting in 18.1, 18.2 and 19.0 and investigated possible connections to existing issues. Thanks to testers for responding to my JMPTEST Jira issues entered to investigate crash/timeout/DNC problems! Looked into some remaining misbehaving unit test runs in Jenkins with Nick Ruva.
Localization
- Allison: Handed off localized 18.0 JMP Documentation pdfs to QA for validation; delivered validated 18.0 localized JMP Documentation pdfs to Marketing; finalized and validated localized 18.1 Release Notes and delivered to Marketing; validated production kit for JMP Marketing strings and preparing kit to send to vendors for translation; updated purchase req process and requirements Confluence page after discussion with Chad; completed the Q3 check-in training.
- Trish: Allison and I are reviewing through timeline & process to create estimates, purchase orders and work orders for 19 software localization projects - we are targeting end of November to have finance pieces in place. Reviewing through process and workflows for development projects for Localization automation. Prepping for Q3 check-ins next week.
- Krzysztof: Finished cleanup of Books translation memories. Established in our automation and documented in Confluence: Clinical and Marketplace localization projects. Working on documenting L10N source management, automation, post-processing, and validations for all the different projects that we translate. Testing new automation features and functionality. Helped launching PSM Book translation project for 18.1.
- Sandy: Continued testing export function for multiple project types on project creation dashboard. Updated a validation for installers for project creation dashboard file validation jobs now in production.
- Sohail: Worked on adding export functionality to TM Search Dashboard including sorting and filtering. Also continued work on comparing LLM results and testing different benchmarks for evaluation.
Documentation
- Khawar: Going through the Essential Graphing book to understand the contents; I'll go over the Jiras to identify and resolve the issues. Finishing up the CSS course that can help us with Oxygen migration. Met with Chris and Qiana to discuss the plan for editing/reviewing sample index.
- Qiana: Continued reviewing resumes for the Technical Editor contract position. Completed “Q3 Check-In: Engagement and Retention” course. Upgraded FrameMaker to 16.0.6 and began documenting the steps on a Confluence page.
- Susan C: Move editing notes onto a Confluence page for the editor. Preparing 18.1 RN PDF for Roger. Moving Jiras into sprints, closed out August's sprint and started September's. Working on JMP Live 18.2 Jiras.
- ChrisB: Worked on how to move images with callouts to SnagIt, more presets documentation, and the Q3 talk. Also looked at the help testing script and how we might want to change it.
- Devon: JMPDOC-2183 & JMP-22441: Reviewing changes to the Platform Presets documentation and doing minor edits.
System/Host Testing-Cary
- Mandy: Worked on the New Data Table Grid – running many other tests in the JSL framework trying to ensure that other things were running well with the new table look. Things are looking good in preparation for the dev talk on Sept 19th. Reported a few crashes that got fixed already. There is a new toggle switch under the red triangle – “Enable Experimental Data Table Grid”. Tags – another JMP 19 addition now supports colors and emojis – so those are fun looking – hoping to get more feedback on that part in the next EA. You can now save a tag to preferences and then go back and get it or edit it.
Also, in Tabulate – Andrew has made good progress with changes there, and worked on the formatting in the dialog – looks promising, hoping to get some feedback there too.
And in Workflow Builder, Ernest added a find/replace dialog that will need a lot of testing – we are working out if I can do some of that with scripting, but some will need to be done with the UI – again hoping for feedback in the next EA.
- Hunter: More testing and feedback to Daniel with results when expiration and termination dates have been reached. Met with Jim to resolve a Wi-Fi issue with the Sequoia beta host testing Macs in the lab. Both MDA692 (Apple Silicon) and Macbeta1x86 (Intel) are back online and updated with Sequoia Dev. Beta 8. Reviewed more of the localized documentation PDF files.
Web Testing – Cary
- Natalie: Completed Phase 1 of the automation updates for the new Fit to Window report feature. Our pass rate looks much better now. I will continue with Phase 2 of these updates on a limited basis as more development work is expected in the next few weeks.
- Josh L: Currently upgrading JMP Live Servers from version 18.1 to 18.2. I am managing approximately 13,000 events in the distributed system to enhance our customer experience. Additionally, I am working on adding more users back into our test Active Directory environment. Following this, I will focus on automating random updates to groups to improve monitoring and synchronization of AD.
System/Host Testing-Beijing
Note from Shannon
In case you missed this piece of good news, JMP Live developer Michael Goff and his wife welcomed their sweet little daughter Emma June Goff on 7/25 at 3:24am. Thanks to Brian Corcoran for sharing this picture! Like other new parents at SAS and JMP, Michael took a post-baby leave to bond with his new family member. Hopefully the whole Goff family is getting enough sleep! :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Having taken a post-baby leave myself when I had my son Hunter nearly 13 years ago, I am so grateful to work for a company that offers this extremely valuable benefit to all parents. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
