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    API to get number of read rows in DataRowReader

    DataRowReader allows us to know how many columns where loaded but does not have an API to know number of loaded rows. This is an important missing API that is critical to have. As a workaround, I had to wrap my DataRowReader with a custom DataRowR...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Enhance / choose the geo-coding service used in map chart search

    There should be an option for analysts to use alternate address look-up tables / geo-coding services to search and limit geospatial address information displayed in map charts.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Provide the same figure formatting properties in web viewer/MacOS client as in the desktop application

    I used Spotfire extensively at my former job, and I am a huge fan. But, at my new job, I am trying to prepare a demo for a team that is mostly composed of Mac users, and the MacOS/web client version does not have the same options available under "...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Planning to implement

    Limit number of visualizations a user can have open at one time

    There are cases where a user will attempt to open what is deemed an excessive number of visualizations (or even multiple instances of the same visualization). The cause of this is irrelevant (could be bad programming on a publicly viewed client, o...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    show alternative row color for those cells not matching any defined color rules

    Customer would like to show alternative row color for those cells not matching any defined color rules. This can be achieved by deleting "All other values" and "Empty values" rules from color settings however this is not possible yet. Please also ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Make Bookmarks capture filtering which is created using Marked Rows > Filter To or Filter Out.

    Currently when using bookmarks there is a limitation that the bookmark will not capture filtering which is created using marked rows > Filter To or Filter Out.This means that a bookmark does not completely remember all your filtering. Would lik...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Bookmarks 0 Future Consideration

    Flexible filtering options

    I would like to be able to choose the search behavior of each list box filter. Sometimes the list box filter searches for values that start with what's been entered in the search box and other times it searches for values that contain what's been ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Custom Interactive Shape Files to define and work with AOIs

    We use interactive shape files in many different applications to define Areas of Interest. It would be nice to be able to (1) import an existing ESRI shape file into Spotfire (so we're using the same defined area in all our programs), (2) draw a s...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    restore / re-enable the old behavior where the page gets inserted at the point it is dropped

    Spotfire 6.5.3 would allow a page to be dragged from one .dxp to another, and the duplicated page would end up where you dropped it in the destination .dxp. Spotfire 7.7 makes it the last page in the desination .dxp, then you have to manually move...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Name of exported Excel from Table/Cross table View should always be unique by adding a time stamp to the view name

    Right now an excel export from Table view from a dashboard always ends up with same name as of the spotfire dxp. If a business users tries to download multiple files then he/she has to save the first file with a different name and then only he can...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration
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