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    Alias Columns in Information Designer Using Custom SQL

    I've noticed that on occasions where I'm required to use custom SQL in my information links that I'm unable to alias the column names. I'm all for renaming columns within a DXP, but several of my users share information links. This can become cumb...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 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...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Range filter slider with Non-Linear Step Size

    If data is not linearly distributed, it would be very useful to be able to select a slider that enables one to move across the entire range of data (e.g. if there is a higher density of data on the order of 1e2 units and a lower density at 1e10 un...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire 2 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...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Web Player - Scheduler to restart Node Manager services

    As per current way the Web Player works, images are cached in analyses and not refreshed. The only way to get an updated image would be to restart the service. The scheduler would then restart the Web Player service in question in order to get upd...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Set the number of significant digits with having the label of the equation on a graph

    When I draw a regression line on a graph, I can have the label of the equation displayed, but I would like the decimal point displayed with the label to be variable. If the number of digits is too large, the graph is difficult to see, and we would...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    show full path of currently opened local dxp file

    Please show full path of currently opened local dxp file somewhere, probably File -> Document Properties dialog. For a dxp file opened from library, the library path can be found from above dialog too.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Restrict Data Export for Authors and Analysts on special Analysis files / Visualizations

    We have some confidential data which we'd like to protect and users not allow to export. This is possible for users with Consumer role. Here the admin easily de-flags "Allow table data export in Spotfire web clients" under Appearance before publis...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Export 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Sorting by Total Value in Combination Chart

    Currently, the Combiniation Chart can be sorted by various X-Axis values, if it is using stacked bars. I would like the option to sort based on the sum of the stacked bar values.
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Make Remember Personalized View option work with Custom Scripting and Properties

    Dear Team, Our customer is utilizing IronPython scripts to add custom properties within their Spotfire analyses. This customization appears to affect the behavior of the "Personalized View" option, resulting in unexpected synchronization issues be...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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