Special note: Next Friday, March 28 is the JMP 19.0 Developer String Deadline for UI string handoff 2. Please attend to stuck strings before this deadline if at all possible. The earlier we have finalized strings enter the translation process, the sooner they can be reviewed by the doc team, translated, and checked by our external expert reviewers. Thank you!
Welcome to the JMP Development Update for March 21, 2025!
With JMP 18.2 now released in MyJMP, customers have access to our latest fixes. Thanks to the doc and localization teams, English JMP Help for 18.2 has been released to the web along with translated JMP Help for Japanese, Simplified Chinese and (for the first time) Korean! Translated help is also available for JMP Live and interactive HTML. Meanwhile, work continues in the 18.2.1 track this week with fixes for JMP Clinical to support customers transitioning from older versions.
Last week’s Discovery Summit conference in Europe was a great success! It was a very well-run event (as all Discovery events are). I heard that developers talked to many happy customers who were especially appreciative of JMP listening to their input via the Wishlist. One customer even brought a baked good in thanks for JMP 19 new features, making good on a promise made to a developer in a technical support track! Well…that’s a first. :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes: If you attended the conference, please don’t forget to capture notes and related Jira issues on the Collected Notes page here. Please also add DISCOVERY_EUROPE_2025 to the Labels field on any Jira issues you enter as a result of discussions at the conference.
Thanks to Richard Zink for sharing his recent work with subgroup screening in JMP Clinical 19 at this week’s JMP Dev meeting! If you missed the meeting, you can find a recording here. As Richard noted in the demo, John Sall added subgroup screening features to Process Screening for JMP 19 and JMP Clinical will have some Clinical-specific features for 19. Richard also demoed forest plot and upset plot add-ins he’s created that do not require JMP Clinical but can also run in vanilla JMP. If you missed the meeting and would like more details about Richard’s subgroup screening work, you can find a recording here.
Finally, thanks very much to Tonya Mauldin for sharing the Beta/Crash cases for the last 2 weeks with crashes selected!
Beta & crash reports for March 7 2025 through March 21 2025 | JMP Live
General Announcements
Important Upcoming Dates
- JMP 19.0 Developer String Deadline for Handoff 2 – 3/28/25
- JMP 19 EA8 Freeze – 4/17/25
- JMP 19 EA9 Freeze – 6/5/25
- Please visit Confluence for a full list of JMP 18 and JMP 19 dates.
JMP Development Updates
Statistics
- John Sall:
- In Process Screening, support lower limits for Nonnormal process types, in response to a customer meeting in Berlin with Soitec (JMP-25396).
- In Design Space Profiler, add buttons to the Corner report to move inward the worst corner, or move outward to degrade the worst corner the least (JMP-25400). This was done in response to a suggestion from Laura Lancaster.
Stat Documentation
- Karen: Updating screen shots identified by Colleen’s testing.
Stat Testing
- Jacob: Testing updates to CSALT Design. Testing updates to OC Curves.Testing pending change to Simulate Responses in DOE. Analyzing results of Easy DOE usability study from Discovery, with Mark Bailey.
- Tonya: Testing the Process Screening changes as well as a few things in CCB.
Life Sciences Updates
- Richard: Debugging my crappy code. Doing some collaboration with Laura and Jianfeng.
- Drew: Customer critical fixes into 18.2.1, 19.0 bugs.
Product Management and Product Marketing
- Mia: Thanks to everyone who participated in Discovery Europe – don’t forget to capture notes and related Jiras, labeled DISCOVERY_EUROPE_2025, on the collected notes page.
- Bryan: Processing JMP Lab results for dynamic data table filtering, column tags, and the JMP Live theme. Met with Core group members to discuss column tag findings and potential design changes. Met with Jared Thomas to explore design adjustments for hover labels. Conducted research on legal requirements to meet WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.4.3 (Contrast Minimum, Level AA) for text contrast.
Technical Support and Engagement
- Wendy: This week has been quite busy in terms of volume and catching up from Discovery and the Rest/Recharge Day. Below are the usual graphs for case volume as well as topics for both Tech Support and Engagement. Here are the TS JMP Live reports and the link to the Jira filter showing the tickets reported by Support for the last 14 days.
Technical Support Case Volume by week:
Case Topics for Technical Support queue, last week:
Engagement Support Case Volume by week:
Case Topics for Engagement queue, last week:
Development Operations
- Shannon L: Created Jira issues for TestBot email improvements. Creating admin process proposal to reduce user license counts for Atlassian products when access is no longer needed, as well as working on an access policy. Salesforce Quote-to-Cash and Privacy Center meetings. Weekly technical meetings, including JMP 18.2.1/19 security scanning reviews and other data security meetings. Reviewed Jira issue-level security configuration with JMP Clinical team, to be rolled out next week. Project planning for JMP Marketplace monetization. Continued to assist with JMP 19 story cleanup. On vacation Monday, back on Tuesday.
- Jim: Integrated fix for JMPCLINICAL-4076 into the 18.2.1 branch. Other JIRA fixes have been identified for integration, pending approval by JMP Approvers. Along with Nick Ruva, upgraded JMP 19 mac build/CI/ASAN/LEAKS machines to Sequoia and updated Xcode to 16.2. Perforce support.
- Melanie:
- JMP Live Help Automation: Worked on mapping files and locations
- Jira CSV Import: Worked on a strategy for importing a hierarchy of Jira tickets
- Worked on abstract for JMP Discovery Summit in Austin
- Attended the Athena Leadership Conference on Tuesday
- Shannon C: Worked with developers to triage open Story items with planned version = 19.0. Investigated a few crashes and continued to investigate older failing unit tests. Thanks to testers for reviewing and resolving issues! Continued 2025 goals discussions with team members and technical meetings on various projects.
- Myron: JMP-25286 – updated the symbolize code on the mac crash machine. Continuing with SQL Server to PostgreSQL database conversions for all jmptool-hosted data. JMPTOOL-1367 – doing more cleanup of extremely large failure test results.
Localization
- Ying: Continuing to check EN screenshot scripts for UG and retaking screenshots if needed (JMPLOCTOOL-717). Checking the scripts and re-taking images for the last chapter. Continuing to check EN screenshot scripts for DJ and retaking screenshots if needed (JMPLOCTOOL-735). Processing JMP Reunion travel.
- Allison: Updated the 18.2 JA, KO and ZH localized Documentation add-ins with the correct PSM pdf file and handed off to Marketplace and QA; took localized screenshots of the add-in menu in the UI to reflect the new menu items in 18.2 and handed off to Marketplace; managed and finalized completed ZH JMP Live UI and keycloak translations and pushed to Git; entered my goals into Workday.
- Howard: Finalized Project Template Integration testing with Sandy. Troubleshooting Git integration issue. Update Addins job with ignore PDF option to exclude automation and release note.
- Krzysztof: Helping reviewers and PMs with JMP Live 19.0 translations. Working on improvements to the return process for JMP Live. Testing new L10N automation. Documenting Marketplace description MT/review process.
- Trish: Sketching out proposed workflow for V19 localized Help creation for 24March meeting with the doc team. Reunion coordination.
- Sandy: Defect verification for dashboard. Continued testing and refinement of new string return process program.
Documentation
- Qiana: Continued working on sample data requests. Worked with IT and Jim on Mac mini. Worked with HR on vendor requests. UI string review work. Troubleshooting 18.2 JMP Live Resources page (links not working). Project planning and coordination.
- Devon: Continued screenshot and script updates for 19.0, working on drafts of potential JMP Live documentation improvements using new web help options.
- Susan C: Working on JSL updates to JMP Live content with Eric H. Implementing feedback on JMP Live Updater content. Finished work on NoLoc copyright Jira. Verifying JMP Live Confluence instructions for Ying.
- Khawar:
- Oxygen callouts: Created images for DG and CR; No callouts to create in GA; Making a list of images in DOE
- JMP Preferences in UG: Looking at some helpful links that Devon shared
- Chris: Added the new header/footer and CSS for 18.2 JMPLive and JMPPublic, with Andretti’s input. Rewrote some little tools and worked on help build issues (JMPDOC-2384, JMPDOC-2383).
System/Host Testing-Cary
- Nick H: (Hopefully) fixed an issue where utTiming data table that keeps track of how long individual unit tests take to run on a user’s machine became inaccessible during unit test runs – I changed the default location of this file. I have been working on several 19.0 verifications for both bugs and features. Filed a few new Jira bugs relating to preferences as well as some notebooks functionality. Started some initial testing on the new Notebook <-> Workflow export feature as well. Lastly I have been replying to a number of EA feedback tracks.
- Audrey: Intern planning, Reunion planning, reviewing some Jira issues related to sample data changes, finally documented a process I’ve been using to create our various Dates pages.
Web Testing – Cary
- Anna: Verifying bug fixes for HTML5, continuing to test dynamic transforms with data filter, column switcher and also publishing to JMP Live.
System/Host Testing-Beijing
Core
- Dave B: Updated jmprunner image testing to run the image tests on 2 different VMs concurrently. Recreated anonymous crash sent in by a customer. Investigated 3d rendering issues John Powell noticed. Fixed bugs with the add in status / developed add ins dialog.
- Dan S: Continuing to work on options for behaviors in embedded platform menus. SendToReport fixes for clipping regions for display segs. More fixes for PlatformContainerBox. Simplified the measure of nested DisplayScale boxes. Looking at more light/dark mode issues.
- Evan: Adding scripting support for Column Filtering. Working with Ernest responding to Column Tags feedback from DSE2025 Lab.
- Xan: Text drawing work for clipped descenders. GB page bugs regarding shared axes. Unit test assert fixing.
- Ernest: Reworking drawing of Column Tags based on Discovery UX feedback.
DOE and Reliability
- Irene: Working on BayesFLo implementation.
Hosting and Interfaces
- Paul N:
- Started working on 25260 – updating to next python maintenance update 3.13.2. Since 3.13.3 is due on April 8, working to make the upgrade scriptable using 3.13.2 as practice.
- Working on cleaning up R Integration, and addressing bug reports from Kimi. Last week and this week:
- JMP-25292 – R Submit() not returning -1
- JMP-25293 – R Submit() differences in 18.2 and 19.0
- JMP-25294 – Existing errors with R JMP Name to R Name() not handling namespaced variables.
- jMP-25317 – Unable to retrieve value error. The jmp -> R via RPY2 cannot handle the variable$attribute R syntax.
- JMP-25318 – Mismatched results for matrix return. R’s dist() actually returns a lower triangular matrix. User’s code needs to wrap dist()’s return with R’s as.matrix( )
- JMP-25371 – Incorrect return for Missing values
- JMP-25372 – Cause of error is a duplicate of JMP-25317.
- John Schroedl: Updated host browser control to latest WebView2 runtime and SDK. This update fixes the issue where the browser could end up above other content such as sticky titles or toolbars. (JMP-24151, JMP-24862). Made the filtering message in the recent file list more prominent. Fixed sizing problem with separator items in radio/check stacks. Review and gathering Windows timings of Michael's recycled memory change. Worked with Daniel on host file issue. Investigate painting issue on Citrix.
- Michael H: Rewrote the TopPtr Memory Recycler for a 34% performance increase, documented here.
Interactive HTML
- Mike Stickles: Rested and recharged on Monday :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:. Finished work on JMPHTML-13548 (The legend box missing when opening the outline node on HTML5). Began investigation of JMPHTML-14441 (GB: Bar: Label values need to maintain precision) and the related JMPHTML-14259 (GB: Bar: Label by value precision should be persisted w/Summary statistics). Participated in load-balancing redistribution of component responsibilities among the Interactive HTML team.
- John Powell:
- Worked with Praveena to enable launching Control Charts from Environmental Monitoring Alarm Graph on JMP Live (JMPHTML-14330)
- Added support for Scatterplot 3D’s perspective setting (JMPHTML-14443)
- Adjusting marker sizes and investigating Scatterplot 3D’s Marker Quality setting.
- Attended a meeting with customer - Parker Hannifin.
- Worked with the team on changing JMP HTML Component’s primary and secondary developer assignments to balance the work load.
- Paul Spychala: Working on bug fixes for Histogram on JMPLive/HTML (JMPHTML-14428, JMPHTML-14434, JMPHTML-14377, JMPHTML-14290). Also more polish work for 3D Scatterplot to adjust the placement of labels on the axis (JMPHTML-14142). Lastly we export Design Space Profiler in a static custom graphic format now instead of a broken profiler (JMPHTML-14286).
- Praveena: Working on styling for Process Screening reports for JMP Live Theme, I18N: “This feature is not interactive” is hardcoded in the exported HTML5 report, and triaging bugs and working on the setting goals for 2025.
Note from Shannon
Hope everyone has a great weekend! :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:
