Save JMP Sessions

Each time you use JMP is called a session. A saved session is a JSL script that re-opens documents and re-runs analyses to restore JMP’s state when the session script was saved. A saved session can help get you back to a previous state without having to manually re-open files and re-run analyses.

If you are an advanced user, it is important to understand what session information is preserved in a saved session. Any documents (such as data tables, scripts, and journals) that have been saved are re-opened. JMP windows that support script saving are re-run (equivalent to clicking the red triangle in a report and selecting Script > Redo Analysis). Side effects of running scripts, such as global variable values or custom windows, are not saved. The state of highly interactive analyses is also not saved.

Save Sessions Upon Exiting

The most common use of saved sessions is to save the state when JMP exits so it can be restored when JMP restarts. By default, JMP asks whether you would like to save the state of your session each time you exit the program (Saving Session Upon Exiting). This enables you to quit JMP, and then return to it later without having to open the files with which you were previously working.

Saving Session Upon Exiting

To always save the session upon exiting, select Do not ask me again about saving the session and click Yes or No. This option also prevents JMP from saving the session upon exiting,

You can change this option later in Preferences:

1.	Choose File > Preferences.

2.	Select the General icon.

3.	Next to the Save the session when exiting option, choose when you want JMP to save the session. Always, never, and prompt whether you want to save are the options.

Save Sessions Manually

You can also save a session to a location of your choosing and continue working, so you can restore the saved state whenever you like. Manually saving sessions is useful when you want more control of session saving and restoring. This option is especially helpful when you want to maintain multiple independent session states, each with a different set of files and analyses.

To create a script of a JMP session

1.	Select File > Save Session Script.

2.	Enter the name of your script in the window and click Save.

Another way of manually saving a session is by creating a journal of each session. A journal can be a notebook-style or project-style file. With it, you can collect references to files in a project, develop presentation launch pads, document projects, and store many scripts in one place. See JMP Journals for details.

To create a journal of a JMP session

1.	Open the files that you would like to include in the journal.

2.	Select File > New > Journal. Or, to append your open files to an existing journal, open that journal.

3.	Right-click in the empty journal and select Add All Open Files.