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    Sor values in a column by values in another column

    Say you have a month name or some period indicator like 'MAR-16' as a column. Then in the dataset there would be maybe another column with a time stamp. I would like to be able to sort the period indicator column by the values in the time stamp co...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Configuration option to send an email when a scheduled batch job fails (per batch job) in WebStatistica

    Functionality in WebStatistica to monitor only selected jobs, not the whole system. Basically a "watch dog" via email This would be very helpful for critical jobs which need to be closely monitored. Something like how MAS has an admin email which ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    Sort within a hierarchy

    When a hierarchy is used in a bar chart category axis, and then the bars are sorted by value it sorts all the bars by absolute value, without any consideration for the hierarchy. This is not ideal as the reason for setting-up the hierarchy at time...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Add "Scan all Rows" to Import dialog for excel and text files - to improve column data type determination

    Spotfire sometimes incorrectly guesses the data type for Excel and text files because it scans only a portion of the rows in the file. Well add an option so it scans the whole thing so we can get that data type right the first time! SPSS Modeler h...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Enable table reload with prompt from IronPython in Web player

    Table reload is available to be triggered as a script in the client, the same is not available on the web. This leads for inconsistent report design and the need to try and train users to access the menu for reload but can configure action buttons...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Future Consideration

    Alias Columns in Information Designer Using Custom SQL

    I've noticed that on occasions where I'm required to use custom SQL in my information links that I'm unable to alias the column names. I'm all for renaming columns within a DXP, but several of my users share information links. This can become cumb...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    API for changing custom query

    Please add API function that can be called by e.g. an IronPython script to custom query and reload again
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Bookmarks Manager and Highlight Current Bookmark.

    Customers would like to be able to have the option to custom arrange their bookmarks. Also, they would like the current bookmark that is being viewed to be highlighted in the Bookmarks Bar.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Bookmarks 0 Future Consideration

    Web Player - Scheduler to restart Node Manager services

    As per current way the Web Player works, images are cached in analyses and not refreshed. The only way to get an updated image would be to restart the service. The scheduler would then restart the Web Player service in question in order to get upd...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Display a custom panel when no document is open

    Ability to have custom panels be accessible before any document is opened is needed to support scenarios where the panel has functionality that allows the user to open a document or creating a new document from data.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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