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Enable Spotfire expression language for in-database connections

When working with external data one cannot use the standard Spotfire expressions but has to change to the dialect of the given data source (e.g. when working with an Impala connection a Left([Column_A],1) for imported data has to be changed to Sub...
about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

Import data from multiple excel sheets at once into a single datatable

When an excel file with multiple files have to be imported, it will always allow to choose one sheet at a time to create a data table. Whereas what he / customer is looking for is to merge all the data from different sheets into one data table whe...
almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

Control whether data functions execute when Spotfire initially opens when set to refresh automatically

There is often a need to control the order of running of data functions, or to only run a data function when inputs have changed. Another common use case is to automate these data functions through Automation services. Typically this can be contro...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Additional string function where you are able to change the rounding settings

Belongs to the article https://community.tibco.com/questions/rounding-issue-string-function. If you use a numeric column and convert the result to a string column, there are always only 2 decimals shown. For calculating P values you´ll need 4 dec...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Management 6 Future Consideration

Data Function output column names should be Display Name

When outputting a column from a data function, the column name is not the display name but rather the parameter name
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Show required packages in f(x) flyout

At beginning of flyout, so user does not have to figure out by error and author does not need to enter in description as free text.
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Custom data functions should have same UI components (menu items) as custom data sources

The recommendation from TIBCO support is to switch using custom data sources to custom data functions. Support provided the following link to show how this can be done: https://community.tibco.com/wiki/wrap-data-source-inside-data-function The mai...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Ensure `data.table::patterns()` compatibility in future release

data.table is preferred when working with large data sets for speed, and data.table::patterns() facilitates column(s) selection with regular expression, which is useful for concise code, as oppose to doing this as a separate line item.
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R 0 Future Consideration

Add Financial Calculations and Optimization OOTB in Spotfire

It would be useful to have basic financial calculations, such as Individual Rate of Return (IRR) and Net Present Value (NPV) in Spotfire, especially for users who are familiar with them from other products such as Excel. Similarly, basic scenario ...
about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

Support for R-style graphics

While TERR supports the creation of graphics via Javascript packages (like those based on htmlwidgets), it does not currently support R-style graphics (e.g., the plot function)
over 8 years ago in Spotfire / TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R 1 Future Consideration