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    Add option to not cache the data from a data function when saving

    I frequently use Data Functions to load data from external data sources (e.g. to call RESTful APIs to extract data). The main problem I have with this approach is that the most recent data is saved inside the analysis file. This has 2 knock-on eff...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    please add logical function any() / all()

    please add logical function any() / all() to calculate any(true,false,false) => true any(fale,false,false) => false all(true,true,true) => true all(true,true,false) => false Currently we can sum them and compare to the count to do the ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Separate the StdDev function/aggregation like Excel function

    Hello, This is Nagwon Jeong. I would like to suggest one function/aggregation. In Excel, there are STDEV.P, STDEV.S, STDEVA, and STDEVPA functions to obtain the standard deviation. And the function/aggregation to get the standard deviation in ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    ODBC Netezza - more SQL function please

    Hello If we create a direct query with ODBC netezza, we are really poor on function (Calculated colomns or Personnalized expression). Why can't we use SQL ANSI function working on Netezza ? Example : CURRENT_DATE is not working. A user can't creat...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Future Consideration

    add option to always run Python data function in another newly created python engine

    Currently a single python engine can possibly be reused to run multiple python data functions if necessary. Customer wants an option to always run Python data function in another newly created python engine. The reason for this idea is that some t...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 3 Future Consideration

    configure TERR/Python/R services to use proxy to build docker image

    Please allow to configure TERR/Python/R services to use proxy to build docker image. The server needs to use proxy to connect to the internet and currently TERR service doesn't support to configure proxy to build docker images, also, TERR service ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Allow axis in a visualization to be used as a part of an OVER expression regardless of axis type

    Currently, an axis has to be of type Categorical for it to be available in an Custom Expression with OVER() - e.g., [Axis.X] - in a given visualization. However, to add Line and Curves in the same visualization, the axis has to be Continuous. Enab...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Using Open source Octave as an alternative to Matlab

    I been working with a programing tool called Octave. The language is almost identical to basic Matlab. The discriminating difference is that Octave is open source and free. Octave offers similar performance efficiencies to Matlab.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Use List Document Property in SQL "IN" Statement within Custom Expressions

    It would be useful to be able to pass a list type document property (e.g. "String List", "Date List", etc...) into a SQL "IN" statement in a custom expression or calculated column. This can then be used to provide input for options for consumer us...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 3 Future Consideration

    Switch Visualization to Cross Table Automatically Replicate Data in Visualization

    It would be a big help if when you click "Switch Visualization To" > "Cross Table" Spotfire could take the configuration of a non-tabular visualization and automatically build a cross table that replicated the data in a visualization. It is han...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration
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