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    Addition of Pre-Updates queries in data connections

    Hi. If a query needs some pre-calculations such as temporary tables we use the pre-updates section in the custom SQL in the Information Link page. If we want to use the direct DB access using the data connection method, we get an error because o...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    "Fred is red" for categorical values - color a category by attribute from a table

    Business users are one main focus group for Spotfire - they want to easily find their product, region, customer. machine or similar in a visualisation. From my experience, this is a commonly asked feature, but not many software products have such ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Adding filtering message in source information table

    In Data table source information (Edit >> Data table Properties>> Source Information) Marking is offered But Filtering datais not, we need to add Filtering data (like Filtering scheme(Default)).
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Will not implement

    automatically scale a page/tab to the smaller size of a phone/tablet when the analysis is used via the mobile app

    An analysis developed for a regular computer screen size does not scale (=smaller) to a mobile device when using that analysis on eg an iPhone. If possible pls do this first for the KPI vizualizations
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration

    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

    Allow for independent setting of map layer label zoom levels

    I would like the ability to set the zoom visibility distance of feature and marker layer labels separate from the layer itself. Currently, if I want to have my shapes or points show up when zoomed out but not the labels, and then the labels to sho...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    make script.WithParameters(params) work on WP@Linux

    Below IronPython script doesn't work on WP@Linux, res, script= Document.ScriptManager.TryGetScript('myScript') newScript = script.WithParameters(params) It fails with error "Operation is not supported on this platform." We use above API to enable ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Show/hide cross table columns

    Ability to Hide / Unhide the column that we not required. Like in Excel. This works also when I have multiple Horizontal Column in the Cross Table.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Option to select which data table to embed/store

    The option to select which data tables to embed/store, more flexibility with data tables to store as others can be loaded on-demand or in-memory when the user opens the report.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 1 Future Consideration

    Enable drag/drop files into Spotfire Analyst using Windows Explorer when UNC path exceeds 260 characters

    Issue By default, Windows has a 260-character path length limit (MAX_PATH). UNC paths (like \\server\share\folder\...) count every character, so deep nested folders or long filenames push it over the limit. Explorer drag-and-drop to Spotfire...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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