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View Access of Data Function should be restricted for other Spotfire Analyst User except Developer for particular report

Hi Team, Is there any way to keep the data functions secure (where user who created the script only need to view it or modify the same and other user who have analyst license in the same server should not have access to view the function)? For exa...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 2 Already exists

improve python data function performance (read sbdf into python)

Glad to see python package "spotfire" is rewritten on version 2.0.0(spotfire 12.5) and sbdf read/write performance is greatly improved. However, as far as I have tested, although spotfire.sbdf.export_data() is greatly improved and much faster than...
about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Future Consideration

Add in the operator/function Between

SQL has a Between option. Spotfire could also benefit from a Between. We would use Between in case statements, if statements, or as standalone logic. Today we write: If([Data] >=1 and [Data] <= 2,true,false) This could be updated to be:If(Be...
4 months ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

Run Data Function as Transform

Currently possible with data table in/out but full functionality would allow more control. That is currently possible only after freezing or linking data tables. The latter implies this could be done easier for the analyst.
about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Make a Property's DisplayName usable in custom expressions

When using properties in custom expressions, one can only use the value of the property, not the DisplayName. This would be extremely useful to allow interaction with the DisplayName, particularly when using Expressions in Properties.
7 months ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

Way to calculate number of working week day

We're looking for a simple way to calculate the number of working weekdays. In Spotfire, there is no simple function, but in Tableau, there is a "Weekday"DateDiff("weekday",[ORDER DATE],[DELIVERY DATE])In Spotfire, the closest I got is this refere...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 3 Future Consideration

Add "shading" as a feature just like "color by", "shape by" etc

I'd like to display as much info into one chart as possible. I mostly use bar charts at the moment. "Color by" is great to show in eg 1 stacked bar different components. But I would like to split up one bar section even more. Eg if you'd have a ch...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 2 Future Consideration

IN function like the IN operator in SQL

Ability to filter/limit data data like '[column] IN (value1, value2, ...)' this would result in a more readable construction then [column] = 'value1' and [column] = 'value2'. Work around is the to use the regular expression but that is harder if v...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

Add option to data functions for marking filters to send all data when no marking applied

Often we use markings to run data functions on-demand as a user interactions with visuals and data. We may also combine this with a filter scheme. However, the data function gets sent no data when there is no marking, resulting in an error being r...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Python Native Visualizations in Spotfire

Having a iframe or embedded "Python Visualization" in Spotfire is a good idea. There are a lot of Python based visualization mechanism exist which follow a simple pattern - DataFrame ➡️Some Transformation using Python ➡️ Visualization as Plot Bene...
about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Visualization 0 Future Consideration