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    Better faster searching in Spotfire Analyst, and parity with Web Player

    Searching the library in Analyst takes an inordinate amount of time for large libraries. We find it almost useless. It disregards the folder that user is currently in, thus, the entire library is searched. Every time regardless of the current fold...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    New Folder Permission (Read Only)

    Currently there are 4 types of access: (Access, Read, Modify, Full Control). However, what we're finding is that when users have Read access, what this really means is that a user has the traditional "Read + Execute" as most file systems would def...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Sort the search results in "Analytics" view

    When searching for analyses in the new Analytics view in Spotfire X you get the search results in a random order and you are missing the ability to sort or filter the search results. That would be necessary to dig through the search results in a b...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Library - Allow "traverse" or display "search" box for "Save as... Library Item"

    Currently, if an user has Access + Browse + Modify to the "last folder" of a a path, but no Access + Browse in the intermediate folders, there is no possibility to reach directly the last folder. There is no possibility to enter the "hidden path" ...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Add folders to Favorites (not in Library), and rearrangement of favorites

    My favorites are a mess - I want to organize them around particular themes, which might be different than any folder structure in the Library. I want to be able to create "favorites folders" to collect favorites in a similar theme (department, sci...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire folder can display additional metadata

    We need that Spotfire folder can display addtional metadata in folder level that we can edit this field to add the person name to it from AD group so we can keep the information who approved the folder access in this field from business area.
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Create links to items in Library

    It would be nice to have "links" to items in the library. Just like links in a file system. Use case: We want to regulate access to certain analysis files. Now these might be grouped by project and as permissions are folder-wide, a folder needs to...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Supply the File Link Using the File ID in the "Save as Library Item" Dialog

    It would be helpful if, in the "Save as Library Item" dialog that pops up in the Spotfire Analyst client after saving a Spotfire file to library, it would supply the URL/link to the web player for a Spotfire file that uses the file ID in addition ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Audit changes to library permissions

    Track changes to folder permissions within the library, perhaps using entries in the Action log table. We occasionally have problems where someone has incorrectly modified folder permissions and it would be useful to (a) identify what happened a...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Request Permission to a dashboard

    With folks not understanding the permission structure in my company while sending links via email, I often get request for access. As an administrator, I have to then send these requests to the dashboard owner for approval. It would be great th...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration
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