Origin 2025 Features

ORG-27177

Data Filter For Graph

Graph based Data Filter without affecting worksheet

Turn on Data Slicer to set different filter condition on each graph without affecting worksheet data

• If there is already filter in worksheet before plotting graph, a prompt will be given

  

  • Show Data Slicer (old way) - changing filter in graph will affect worksheet and vice versa.

  • Convert worksheet filter to graph based will remove filter condition in worksheet and convert it into a graph based filter. Change filter condition will only apply to current graph

• Click Filter to change filter condition; right click on a condition for more options including moving the condition orders, deleting the filter, etc.; right click in blank area below existing filters to add more filter conditions.

  

• Related LabTalk Access

  • Command to convert graph with worksheet data filter to use graph based filter and take over the filters on worksheet

    page -df; //convert to SDF
    //data filter still shows in source worksheet and row is hidden
    
    page -df 1;//convert to SDF and remove filter from source worksheet
    //no data filter in source worksheet and no row is hidden

    Similar to page -df, you can also try below command

    int nUID = layer.plot1.DF();
    nUID=;

  • To see datasets used in the dataplot, try below command

    list pl;

  • To show Graph Data Slicer pane, run below script

    page.cp.type = 5;

  • New LabTalk Object SDF is implemented to access the graph based filter used for the plot, says Shared Data Filters object.

    //Suppose active graph plotting with graph based filter
    int nUID = layer.plot1.SDF;
    SDF ff = nUID;
    ff.wks$ =;//read-only, worksheet range, "[book2]sheet1"
    ff.enable =;//to allow temp disable
    ff.nf =;//read-only,number of columns to have filter
    ff.f1.col =;//first filter on which col
    ff.f1.filter$ =;//query string
    ff.f1.filterx$ =;//the x variable used inside the filter
    ff.Set(D:3:"between(18,23)");//replace col(D) filter if already existed

  • To retrieves the state of data filters in the active graph, use command

    page -dfs nn;
    //nn = 0: no data filters detected
    //nn = 1: data filter present in at least one worksheet providing the data for at least one dataplot in the graph
    //nn = 2: shared data filter used by at least one dataplot in the graph
    //nn = -1: error

    or method

    nn = page.GetDF(str$);
    //str$ is a string variable to receive the worksheet range

  • When no data filter is used by any of dataplots, either as worksheet data filter or as a ShDF (execute the above command page -dfs nn; it must return 0), run below command to add a graph based filter.

    page -dfn ColNameOrNumber;

  • Create Shared Data Filters (ShDF)) from Worksheet

    • Define/Modify a Shared Data Filter from active worksheet

      worksheet -shdf uidShDF [[colname:filtertype:filtercondition]]
      //uidShDF is the name of the LabTalk variable which will receive the UID of the created ShDF

    • Create virtual datasets using existing ShDF

      create name -vsshdf worksheetrange uidShDF;

    • Example

      fname$ = System.path.program$ + "Samples\Statistics\automobile.dat";
      newbook;
      impASC;
      worksheet -shdf uidShDF [[D:3:"between(16,23)"]];
      create myshdfvsy -vsshdf col(F) uidShDF;
      plotxy iy:=(C,myshdfvsy) plot:=202;

  • Command to dump Shared Data Filters in worksheet

    worksheet -shdfd;

ORG-28659

Error bar tooltip

The error bar tooltip provides numerical details of the range of uncertainty around data points in a graph.

The x and y error info shows when mousing over data points plotted with error bars, or when mousing over error bars.

ORG-28723

Swap layers or swap graph objects

Select position of two layers, or two graphic objects

Swap position dropdown list is added on mini toolbar if two layers, or two graphic objects are selected.

It also shows on Object Edit toolbar on right side of workspace.

E.g. shift+select two layers and click the button.

ORG-28721

Show Layer info in the Graphs list box

List Layer numbers in parenthesis after corresponding Graph name

This helps user to associate graphs and its layers in preview window when merging graphs

ORG-29082

Add Note for Layout Window

Adding notes for layout window from Object Manager

Notes could only be added to graph window in Origin 2024b. In Origin 2025, notes can be added to layout window as well.

With Layout window active, click the Add Notes button on top of the Object Manager.

If there is notes for a layout window, there will be + inside the icon. Click it to read the notes.

ORG-28263

3 List orders in Batch Plotting Dialog

More ways to sort available books and sheets in Batch Plotting dialog

There was no sorting order option in Batch Plotting dialog.

Before Origin 2024b, books show in creation order and sheets show in appearance order. In Origin 2024b, both books and sheets show in alphabetic order.

In Origin 2025, 3 sorting modes are added. Click the column header to toggle them.

• Unsorted (default, old behavior before Origin 2024b)

• Sort ascending (default in Origin 2024b)

• Sort descending (similar sorting criteria as above type 2, but descending).

Note: Sheets in same book as source graph always show on top.

ORG-28297

Plot Menu for Image Window

Support plot menu for floating image window.

Float the image window to the other monitor then check the Plot menu

ORG-29079

Remove the limitation of 16 color toolbar icon for custom toolbar

Supoort 32bit color toolbar icon in custom toolbar

Before Origin2025, only 16 color toolbar icons are supported. If you choose a 24bit or 32bit color image for custom toolbar and restart Origin, you will get Button group bitmaps must be 16 color message.

ORG-29031

Histogram Auto Binning improvement for arithmetic sequences

Histogram Auto Binning improvement for arithmetic sequences

When count(unique(input))<=10, we can sort the unique(input) and check if they are arithmetic sequences. In an arithmetic sequence, the difference between consecutive terms is always the same. If they are arithmetic sequences, assume the difference between consecutive terms is delta, bin size=delta, bin begin should be min-delta/2, bin end is max+delta/2.

Implemented in Origin2025.

ORG-16510

Smartly adjust ticks when zoom in the graph

Improve the rule of showing ticks to show better ticks values when zooming in

In Origin2025 before, improve the below case that sometimes too few ticks sometimes too many ticks

1. Zoom in graph with hotkey/red dot

2. Apply scale of ROI in image to graph

ORG-29207

Save To Cloud support for project files

Support saving project to cloud

Can save project to cloud by menu: File: Save Project to Cloud…

If there is existing opju file with same name on cloud, for OneDrive/SharePoint, will show dialog to ask replace or not; for Google Drive, save it directly.

ORG-29195

Cell Border in Heatmap

Support turning cell border on and customize cell border color and thickness

This is useful for heatmap with gaps

• Mini toolbar buttons to show cell border, border line color, increase/decrease line thickness

  

• Border controls on Colormap tab of Plot Details dialog
  

  

ORG-28697

Interpolation for XY mapping for matrix contour plot

An option to interpolate the XY coordinate matrix data to be monotonic for for contour graphs plotted from matrix

There are cases Z data, X data and Y data are in different matrices. If Z data is plotted as contour, user can map XY coordinates in other matrices. If XY coordinate matrix are not monotonic, check the

Corresponding LabTalk property layer.plot.paraminterp=1 to turn the interpolation on.

ORG-29142

All Frames from Same Image option when turn on browser panel of plots from such multi-frame image

If the heatmap/contour/image plot is plotted from image window, All Frames from Same Image is added in the browser panel.

Plot heatmap/contour/image plot from the image window, then click the Column Switching Browser Graph button on graph page’s mini toolbar. In the browser panel, click the triangle button to choose All Frames from Same Image to create and update the frame list.

ORG-28227

Support custom line style in 3D scatter and waterfall graph

Support line style modifier in 3D scatter and waterfall graph

We can set custom line style as 3D line style and border style of 3D waterfall

ORG-29508

Multiple Selection for Axes

Added multiple selection for axes

In Object Manager and in Graph, you can select multiple axes and customize them.

ORG-12760

Added Break Band

For Cartesian 2d graphs, Break Bank can be styled to wavy, straight line, or none.

In any Cartesian 2d graph, in the mini toolbar of break, select Break Band to style your break.

After selecting Wavy or Straight Line, 4 more addition buttons will appear in the mini toolbar to customize Break Band such as line style, line color, line width, and fill color.

ORG-28667

Mini Toolbar Improvements When Selecting Multiple Objects

More Mini Toolbar options when selecting multiple objects of the same type such as color, thickness, alignment, rotation and ungroup.

When selecting objects of the same type, changing the settings will affect all the selected objects.

ORG-29259

Combine legend with additional format with other notations

Support combination of legend notations with additional formats to be combined with other notations without translation issues

It was not possible to combine @WT legend notation with other legend notations in the past.

In Origin 2025, they can be combined.

@LC: @WT% will show comments : additional format prefixed with %

ORG-29580

More %%(%d) entries for legend default settings in Origin.ini

More than two %%(%d) entries are supported to customize default legend

User can set default legend to show more than 2 metadata info。 E.g.

1. Open Origin.ini under User Files Folder.

2. Modify Legend= line in [Text] section into Legend=\L(%d) %%(%dY,@LL)(%%(%dX, @LL)), %%(%dY,@LC)\r\n

3. Plot any graph (scatter, line, …), default legend will be Y and X’s long name and Y’s comment.

ORG-28650

More bracket type for asterisk bracket

Easy way to change bracket into a line with no leg or capped line

Line and Capped Line type bracket is added in the Add Asterisk Bracket toolbar button on left side of Origin.

Also available in Bracket Type dropdown list on mini toolbar to easily change an existing bracket type

ORG-25569

Add interactive elements to SVG export of Origin graph

More elements for interaction, and support mouse over and click events to know which object is clicked

We have support Axis elements like Tick Label, Tick, Grids, Refline, Breaks, Axis Title, Axis Rug.

Plot type symbol, line + symbol, column/bar are supported.

Line Plot is difficult to do and not supported by now.

ORG-28316

Set Date/Time Sampling Interval

Define a sequence for time or date by a start value and an increment value

Select data column and click the Sampling Interval mini toolbar button or choose Column: Set Sampling Interval… menu to define Date/Time based sampling interval. (Only Numeric was supported before Origin 2025)

For column with sampling interval, icon shows at the corner.

• Double click to read sampling interval info.

• Select the column and choose Column: Show X Column to display the Sampling interval column to the left of the data

Note: When plotting a column with sampling interval, it will use the inclusive sampling interval for the column instead of any X column to its left.

ORG-29184

Improved hotkeys for data editing

Same hotkey combinations as Excel to highlight contents of a cell and select entire rows or columns

Highlighting Content Inside a Cell:

• Ctrl + Shift + End, or Ctrl + Shift + Down to highlight from cursor location to end of the cell

• Ctrl + Shift + Home, Ctrl + Shift + Up to highlight from cursor location to beginning of the cell

Highlighting Whole Column/Row:

• Ctrl + Space to select whole column

• Shift + Space to select the whole row

ORG-29058

Show/Hide All User Parameters Mini Toolbar

Show or hide all user parameters rows to leave more space for data area in worksheet

Single click on any user defined parameter row header and click the new Hide/Show All User Parameters button to hide all user-defined parameter rows. Click again to show all.

This provide a quick way to hide all user-defined parameter rows on top of data so you can see more rows in data area.

ORG-29123

D0 for Last User Parameter.

D0 now refers to the last user parameter.

D0 is changed to refer to last created user parameter row instead of 1st user parameter row. E.g.

• Col(B)[D0] and col(B)[D0]$ can be used to refer to column B’s last user parameter row value or text respectively.

• wks.merge(D0, 1) - merge last user parameter row if neighbouring texts are the same

• Substitution notations %(Sheet1!,1,D0), %(1@W,2,D0)

ORG-28891

Maximum column width for long name when importing data

System variable @MCWL=15 (default) to set long name max column width when importing data

@MCW and @MRH to control the max column width and max row height when importing data.

New system variables are added

• @MCWL - controls the long name max column width

• @IXFC is – controls if Import XF follows the connector or not. 1 (Default): follow the connector. 0: does not follow the connector.

ORG-29494

Make XF text2cols accessible on menu

Choose Column: Text to Columns main menu to open text2cols XF.

Add text2cols XF in main menu to split a single column of text into multiple columns.

ORG-29540

Reduce Columns Supports By Column Labels

Merge Columns by Column Labels

Add an option Merge by Column Labels for the Reduce Methods in the Reduce Columns tool. The columns with the same column header labels can be merged with the row statistics.

ORG-28665

Import all sheets with Excel Connector

<All> option added in Excel Sheet dropdown list in Excel Connector

In Origin 2025, user can choose <All> import all sheets at once.

Drag an drop Excel file uses <last used> settings. So if you pick <All> to import all sheets and later drag other Excel files, all sheets will be imported as well.

Note: If you pick a specific sheet to import and later drag and drop another Excel file without such sheet name, 1st sheet will be imported.

ORG-29128

Connect Multiple Files into Same Sheet

Append files row wise or column wise in same sheet

In Connect Multiple Files dialog, options to import multiple files into same sheet are added.

• Append to Same Sheet as New Rows or New Columns.

• Insert the full file name or extract meaningful information from a specific part of the file name.

ORG-29211

CSV Connector Recognize Date Format for England Date Time

Added system variable @IDT and improve CSV Connector to auto detect “dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm” date format.

1.Added system variable @IDT=0(default), when set @IDT=1, will import date and time data as text.

2.When import “dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm” date format data, will auto detected it as date and imported it into column as date format.

ORG-29160

Better handle for date conversion without time part for 00:00

Improve CSV Connector to support auto detect the iso date data without time part and append “ 00:00:00”.

For below iso date data, will append “ 00:00:00” to “1998-01-01” and import as “yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”.

1998-01-01
1998-01-01 01:00:00
1998-01-01 02:00:00
1998-01-01 03:00:00
...

ORG-28512

Data Connector Undo and Redo

Supported undo and redo for Data Connector.

Data Connectors support undo and redo for following actions.

1. Remove data connector

2. Remove data connector from all books

3. All Navigation Panel Context Menu

   1. Connect as New Sheet(s)

   2. Connect by Duplicating Active Sheet

   3. Delete Connected Sheet(s)

   4. Add to Active Sheet

   5. Remove From Active Sheet

ORG-28648

CSV connector save Post Import Script as Default

Improved CSV Connector to support save Post Import Script as default settings.

ORG-28981

Better way to indicate project files opened from cloud

When open project from cloud, should show the cloud path on title bar.

ORG-29162

Google Sheet Connector App

Introduced GoogleSheets Connector to support import Google sheet(s) from Google drive or Google sheet(s) URL

1. Select Data: Connect to File: Google Sheets to import google sheet from google drive.

2. Select Data: Connect to Web… to import google sheet from google sheet URL.

 ORG-26576

Export Table on Hierarchical Report Sheet to ASCII

Context menu to directly export table as ASCII file

 Right click on any table you want to export to ASCII and select Export ASCII….

Click the path created on Messages Log on left side of workspace to open the file.

 ORG-29303

Quick Fit Gadget supports Fix Parameters

Support Fixed option in Parameters tab in Quick Fit gadgets

 ORG-29224

Improved Speed of Statistics on Columns with Many Groups

Speed is much faster when doing statistics on Columns with many groups

Speed to do statistics on specified columns with many group columns has improved in Origin 2025.

ORG-28286

Make Important Apps more accessible from menu

Add Quality Improvement and Time Series tools under Statistics menu

some apps used to be buried and mixed with other apps under Statistics: More Apps.

 ORG-29230

 Labtalk User-Defined and System Parameter Rows

 New LabTalk command wks.readonly(“D#”, -1); that supports User-Defined and System Parameter Rows

 When in the Scripts Window, you can run wks.readonly(“D#”, -1); (where # is the user defined row). With this command, it can remove the corresponding row's property. This allows the row to access the same properties as other rows.

ORG-23494

Clear Storage in Page

LabTalk command to clean up unnecessary property, section, tree in page storage

Set value, section or tree to <DEL> to clean up storage.
With page active, run page.info.= to check storage info.

If there are tree, section, values you’d like to clean up, run

page.info.SYSTEM.PAGE.DISPLAY.NUMERICSEPARATORS=<DEL>; ///cleanup a value

page.info.SYSTEM.LEGEND=<DEL>; ///cleanup a section

page.info.Spacing=<DEL>; ///cleanup a tree (tree node case sensitive)

ORG-28831

More Data Manipulation Functions

DropNA() and Reverse() functions are added.

Added under Functions → Data Manipulation in Set Column Values dialog.

dataset dropNA(dataset vd)

• Remove missing value or empty value rows in dataset

dataset reverse(dataset vd)

• Return the reverse order of the column.

ORG-29179

Updated WeekNum() Function to Support European Week Numbering System

WeekNum() added with 3rd parameter

int WeekNum(double d[, int n1, int n2])

The 3rd parameter int n2 decides which week is the first week of the year.

• 1 (default) - The week containing January 1 is the first week of the year.

• 2 - European week numbering system ((complies with ISO standard 8601, section 3.17)), week that has at least four days in the new year is 1st week..

E.g. January 1, 2022 is on Saturday, so WeekNum(1/2/2022, 1,1) will return 1, while WeekNum(1/2/2022, 1,2) will return 52.

Such parameter is also added to datepart() function

ORG-29128

New worksheet property wks.ColXY$

To set or get column designation in worksheet

Using Labtalk property to set leading and trailing columns' designations and repeat designations in the middle. E.g.

• wks.colxy$=xy - set first column x, second y. It didn’t set designations further on so will be all Ys

• wks.colxy$=n(xy) - set first column as no designation, then repeat xy pair for remaining columns

• wks.colxy$=nl(xy)z - set first column as no designation, second column as label, last column z, the middle columns will repeated xy pairs.

See the table on Set Column Designation page for letters used to set designations e.g. E for y error, ….

ORG-28829

Delete Named Range

Add option -rn in Delete command to delete named range

There was only delete -r to delete named range and regular data range variables. New -rn option is added to delete named ranges only.

Syntax

delete -rn [name] [scope] /// name support wildcard, scope can be 0(Sheet), 1(Book), 2(Project)

Number of Named Range deleted will be dumped after executing it.

Examples:

• del -rn //delete all named ranges in project

• del -rn alpha* 1 //delete all named ranges in book scope starting with alpha

Tip: Use list -rn to view existing named ranges.

 ORG-29208

Support specifying rotation center in Graphic object’s Rotate() function

2nd argument for rotation center is added

GraphObject:: BOOL Rotate(double dAngle, point *ptCenter, BOOL bUndo = FALSE); 

E.g. Add the following Origin C code in Code Builder.

void test_rotate(string type, int x, int y, int degree)
{
GraphLayer ml = Project.ActiveLayer();
point pt(x, y); //specify x, y in pixel
GraphObject gr = ml.GraphObjects(type);
BOOL bUndo = true;
gr.Rotate(degree, &pt, bUndo);
}

In Graph window, add a rectangle object, object name is Rect

In the Scripts Window, execute the follow to rotate the rectangle 45 degrees based on rotation center at (2000px, 3000px),
test_rotate("Rect", 2000, 3000, 45);

ORG-28612

Supports creating a dialog with CEF HTML control using X-Function newHTML

variable cef is added and default checked

newhtml; //create a new CEF HTML dialog, which created an IE HTML dialog in previous version

Notes:

1. When cef = 1, jquery will be disabled, since using cef requires jquery.

2. Set @cefdebug=1, then create a CEF HTML dialog, right-click on the dialog and select Inspect to turn on CEF debug mode.

newhtml -d; //open X-Funtion dialog to see more detials

ORG-28088

Provide OC function to retrieve google map image as App

Introduced two OC functions to retrieve google map image.

ORG-29322

Improve R installation and detection

Introduced a system variable @RVN to support installing a fixed version of R instead of the latest version when install an app requires R software.

By default, @RVN=441 that means install R 4.4.1 when install an app requires R software.

Can set @RVN=-1 to install the latest one.

ORG-28575

Code Builder Workspace Undo Redo

Support undo and redo for remove/delete/drag a file on Code Builder workspace.

1.Support undo and redo when remove (delete) file(s) from workspace.

2.Support undo and redo when drag file(s) between Workspace Folders.

ORG-26759

Using LaTeX directly in column label rows

No need to put LaTeX inside \q( )

In previous versions, user would put LaTeX equation into \q( ) so Origin knows it’s LaTeX. In Origin 2025, this is simplified.

• There is a Use LaTeX directly, without putting inside \q( ) checkbox in Workbook Properties dialog. Check it. Then user can type LaTeX Equation into column label row directly.

• System variable @LATW to control default behavior, 0=off, 1= new workbook, 2 = always

• If rich text is on for the column label row, LaTeX equation will show right away. Otherwise it will show as raw text but will be auto detected and show as LaTeX equation in axis title and legend.

ORG-29311

Separate Notes preview window

Notes Window Preview to allow side by side viewing of HTML source and results

Hit Ctrl + 2 to toggle separate preview window on and off. Ctrl+R to refresh after editing raw text. The preview can even be put to 2nd monitor as floating window

ORG-29183

Character Column in Column Label Row Dialog

Easier way to find the character for column label row to use it in legend and text editing

To customize legend or text labels in graph with metadata, user would need to go to Document page to find the corresponding char for each label row, e.g. F for filter row, LD1 for 1st user-defined parameter row, etc.

Now such char shows in Column Label Rows dialog (right click any label row header and choose Edit Column Label Rows…) so user can easily find the syntax.

ORG-29327

MT for box chart with no box

Support change percentile symbol Fill color, Shape, Size and improve the Box&Whisker button fly-out

ORG-29317

Show MT of non-text when drag to select connected objects

Improve the mini toolbar when drag to select connected objects like asterisk, distance annotation, angle annotation

In Origin2025 before, if drag to select connected objects like asterisk, distance annotation, angle annotation, it does not show mini toolbar, now support the same mini toolbar as hold CTRL to select non-text objects

ORG-29248

Easier way to select/hide/show multiple objects in Object Manager

Support Select all with Same Type when clicking on a graph object or text in Object Manager

ORG-29474

Find Folder/Window Notes

Improvements of Find in Project dialog (F3) in Origin 2025.

1. When double click Folder Notes in search result of Find in Project dialog, Origin will go to the folder, and also open the folder notes.

2. When double click Graph/Book Notes in search result of Find in Project dialog, Origin will go to the folder, and also open the notes.

3. Add “Notes“ checkbox on “Select Metadata” dialog. For sheet notes, rename “Long Name, Short Name, Comments” to “Label, Name, Notes“ respectively

4. 

5. Graph & Book notes will use “Page Notes“ for Attribute and tooltip.

   

ORG-29482

Inform User that the OPJU already open in another instance of Origin

Inform User that the OPJU already open in another instance of Origin

In Origin 2024b and earlier versions, when users keep Origin project open quite some time and on many occasions they forgot about it and launched the same project just by double-click. It opens the second instance of Origin without any warning that the same project is already open.

In Origin 2025, when openning a project and Origin found it to be read only, Origin will check that it has already been open by another instance, then will show a message to inform users so they can cancel. After that, Origin will tell that instance to activate to the front.