Then, in 1989, a whisper came from a Macintosh lab in Cary, North Carolina. Two SAS Institute co-founders, John Sall and James Goodnight, had a radical vision: what if you could see the statistics?
focused on in-memory performance and added Formula Depot for reusable calculations. The Query Builder allowed SQL access without leaving the interface. jmp version history
Added decision trees and neural nets; briefly added Linux support. Refined visualization tools. 7.0 First integration with SAS code and bubble plots. 8.0 New drag-and-drop interface and 64-bit Mac support. 9.0 R integration and Excel add-in introduced. 10.0 Focus on predictive analytics and automated model building. 11.0 Excel import wizard and advanced DOE tools. 12.0 Modeling Utilities submenu; performance improvements. 13.0 Large data set handling (in-memory) and better reporting. 14.0 Introduced Projects for file management and image markers. 15.0 Functional data explorer and better JSL integration. 16.0 Log pane for JSL and streamlined data cleanup. 17.0 Enhanced workflow builder and JMP Live integration. 18.0 Native Python integration (no R/SAS wrapper needed). 19.0 (Latest) Enhanced clinical reports and MATLAB integration. 🚀 Key Evolutionary Shifts Then, in 1989, a whisper came from a
The current major release (Oct 2025), featuring expanded automation, updated One-Page Guides , and a specialized Student Edition. JMP Statistical Discovery Version Feature Comparison JMP documentation The Query Builder allowed SQL access without leaving
– New Graph Builder with more chart types (sankey, heatmap with dendrogram), Responsive GUI (resizing panels), and Formula editor with syntax highlighting. Predictive modeling gained XGBoost and SHAP explanations for model interpretability. Also added Workflow Builder – like a visual macro recorder.