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    Interconnect separate spotfire systems for library and configuration sync

    Some customers run DEV, TST and PROD servers. The occasionally need to copy certain library folders or configurations between these systems. Some customers want to move Spotfire systems to new hardware or the cloud. They need to copy over the whol...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    configure notification popup dialog size

    customer would like to have the ability to configure notification popup dialog size on the top right corner, in order to show more text without clicking it. This is for both Analyst and Web Player.
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Need ability to show or hide visualization based on button click (API Availability)

    The requirement is to show or hide visualizations (charts) in the spotfire report based on the button click. At present there is not APIs that we can leverage to achieve this functionality. Raising this idea to consider including this API for futu...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Future Consideration

    More (date) fields in Automation Services

    There is no customization available for the date field under Tools -> Insert fields. It is not possible to use functions like WEEKNUMBER or other functions that can manipulate date / date formatting. As an example, it is not possible to send a ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    Support multiple values prompt in data connections

    Information links allow for manual input prompts where multiple values can be entered by the user ("Values") but data connections limit the input to a single value ("Manual input"). This means if you cannot afford a multiple selection prompt becau...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Planning to implement

    Natively support kml files either as map layers or as data tables that can be shown on map charts

    KML files are commonly used to show features on a map. Being able to use them directly as map layers on a map chart, or otherwise natively support importing them as a data table to then show them on a map chart would be convenient.
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add a Library Property option in addition to Column, Data Table, and Document Properties.

    Frequently, I have information or a property that I want to share across all analyses in the library. These may contain expressions or variables to use for axis control, calculated columns, data limiting expressions etc. Rather than having to modi...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    Make application of color schemes to other visualisations available in the API

    In a python script, I would like to be able to do the same as I do using the following steps in the GUI (e.g. for a scatter plot): Go to visualisation properties, Tab Colors. Press “Color Schemes” Button, “Apply to visualizations”. In the dialogu...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 1 Future Consideration

    Custom data functions should have same UI components (menu items) as custom data sources

    The recommendation from TIBCO support is to switch using custom data sources to custom data functions. Support provided the following link to show how this can be done: https://community.tibco.com/wiki/wrap-data-source-inside-data-function The mai...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Kerberos Delegation supported with OpenID Connect authentication setup

    In a hybrid setup with multiple legacy data sources on-prem and new data sources in the cloud, Spotfire should be able to request and "impersonate" the user with Kerberos. So the frontend supports OpenID Connect for authentication and the backend ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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