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Allow in-memory functions for streaming data

Custom expressions for streaming data are more limited than for in-memory data. Also marking can cause issues. Mostly I only want to calculate columns or expressions on visuals only for the data currently in Spotfire. Would there be some way to ap...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

Overlay Property Controls on Charts

Overlay property controls on charts to reduce need for reserved text areas and so actions/filters related to visuals can be kept close to each other.
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Add "Scan all Rows" to Import dialog for excel and text files - to improve column data type determination

Spotfire sometimes incorrectly guesses the data type for Excel and text files because it scans only a portion of the rows in the file. Well add an option so it scans the whole thing so we can get that data type right the first time! SPSS Modeler h...
almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

Connectors Load Type Visibility

Show whether in memory or in database when creating connection as you often don't realise it defaults to in-database. Change default to in-memory or allow it to be configurable in options or administration manager.
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Custom Date Format on Axes

The ability to input the date display type similar to Excel format codes (e.g., YYYY, YY-MMM, etc.) – without overriding / depending on the underlying column format
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

SVG in Buttons

Allow SVG images in buttons to create nice menus.
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

Choose the default data type when importing Excel files

It would be useful to have a default data type setting when importing Excel files. This would prevent the user from having to select a certain type for each column if they wanted them all to be the same. For example, if a user wants all of the col...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

set value of specific document property from marking

As a report developer of Spotfire, I want the ability of 'set value of specific document property from marking' so that I can trigger an ironpython script once the marked data changed. By this way, we can improve the user experience dramatically.
about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Sort within a hierarchy

When a hierarchy is used in a bar chart category axis, and then the bars are sorted by value it sorts all the bars by absolute value, without any consideration for the hierarchy. This is not ideal as the reason for setting-up the hierarchy at time...
over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

In-DXP display of file location for current .dxp

When opening a .dxp in an Analyst client, there's currently no way for users to see its file path via the GUI. This creates a quandary when saving the file under the same filename - e.g., unintentional overwrite. Programmatically, this can be done...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration