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    We want to open another dxp using IronPython

    This idea is requested by a Spotfire customer. Users want to start another dxp, but they can't access the URL from IronPython. Currently, this is achieved by writing dxp links in the html area.
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Clear retained data when exiting (closing) the screen

    Customer requested for this idea. There is no event handler for closing DXP. For example, if users want to initialize the system immediately after startup, they can add flexible functionality by embedding python codes in a process called Init (eve...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Continuous Error Bands

    The idea is an error band instead of error bars for continuous data in a line graph like in plotly: "Continuous error bands are a graphical representation of error or uncertainty as a shaded region around a main trace, rather than as discrete whis...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Non-adjacent multiple selection on a mobile touch device

    Context: working from a mobile device. This option would help to perform multiple selection, as there's no CTRL button to press..The workaround of the usage of lasso selection works with some visualizations (for example barchart) but not with othe...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Mobile 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Server - Avoid false positive when new server configuration is uploaded to the database

    When a new Spotfire Server configuration is uploaded to the database, a WARNING message shows up under Nodes & Services -> Notifications, informing that the Server 'XXXX' must be restarted to use the latest configuration (see attached scree...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Likely to implement

    Can we hide the menu bar in web player?

    When a user opens a report, is it possible to hide the menu bar at the top of the screen? The user doesn't require it, it takes up screen real estate and often times users inquire about why various features have been enabled/disabled.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire client opens 5 connections to database when using Oracle data connectors, and hold them till closing the client

    When we use a data connection to retrieve data from an Oracle database, the Spotfire client opens 5 connections to the database with each usage. Those connections remain open even after you close the template using File > Close. The only way to...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Server - Make the upgradetool.bat keep previous service parameters

    I would expect from an upgrade tool where an input on the previous installation folder is required, to copy over to the new Spotfire Server the settings from the previous installation. This is especially relevant for the JvmMs and JvmMx settings, ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 0 Future Consideration

    Data function management UI consistency

    Which UI to go to in order to do different things with data functions? Not clear/obvious currently. Many frustrations with these UI's. How is it clear that "Run" also registers? And then this isn't where I go afterwards to edit the data function
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Static filters in in-database connectors (remove rows)

    It should be possible to filter out rows based on an expression as global filter attributes. E.g. CREATED date > sysdate-365 or ROW_NUM<1000001 (Useful when debugging queries that have long run time to load a data subset
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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