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    Suppressing TERR warning msgs and Exception Handling

    Data functions utilizing TERR, at times, create an error msg when input variable is empty; as well, due to some R packages utilized in data function, warning msgs (non-critical) may appear too. It'll improve user experience if there are built in o...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    New Viz for Recommended visualizations

    This is a very useful visualization from any table that contains Predicted and Actual columns. It can be tricky to configure. It is not an obvious viz for many users.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Passing calendar dates from Spotfire tables into Matlab data-structures via a Data Function without having to recalculate the dates

    Currently calendar dates in Spotfire tabular data are received through a Data Function into Matlab as dates counted from 1/1/1960 rather than from the standard calendar starting point. This requires performing in the Matlab Data Function a convers...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Data Functions to pass Spotfire data in Tables into Matlab objects of type "Table", "Array" or "Matrix" instead of "Structure"

    Currently Spotfire tabular data is received through a Data Function into a "Structure" object (a datastructure where each column is recorded and accessed as a separate field). This is a structure much harder to manipulate in Matlab than a Matlab "...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    allow continuous colouring with multiple scales on Y axis of scatter plot.

    As recommended by Tibco Community Support, Andrew Berridge. Please see: https://community.tibco.com/questions/varying-color-based-relative-level-points-scatterplot
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Better line specific calculations

    If I compare calculated columns to Excel, Spotfire is better insofar that a calculations that is consistently applied to a whole column is not prone to the copy/paste errors inherent in Excel. However the kind of expression that uses the value cal...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Produce warning when changing engine type in data function

    Users can change the engine type in a data function without resetting all of the code, inputs, and outputs, which is fantastic. However it is maybe a little too easy to change this. I found just an accidental touch of the mouse scrolling switched ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration
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