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    Data function does not have option to enable/disable prompting

    Unlike tables from data sources, the data tables from data functions have their 'Prompt for new settings before loading' check box disabled. This means that we have no real control on when a data function prompts users for new settigns! It would b...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Improve Responsive Design

    Spotfire needs improvements in responsive design to adopt usage on mobile phones and tablets and maybe embedded devices. The idea is mainly something like: user creates a report with all visualisations, then enables multiple layouts for web, table...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Mobile 0 Future Consideration

    API for Spotfire Connectors

    We need the Spotfire C# API to give access to the details of the Spotfire connectors. We need to be able to read, update and save the detail information including the connection information, credentials, query.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Apply colors only in Python

    I want to be able to do through python what I can do through the GUI when I apply a coloring scheme with "colors only" to a bar chart. It seems like by default it applies by values. I want a button to be able to re-color my categorical bins when I...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / API / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Mods vs Native Visuals

    After working extensively with Mods in production scenarios, one limitation keeps surfacing over and over: Mods operate on a materialized data view, while native visuals operate on top of Spotfire’s semantic layer. This difference might seem subtl...
    5 months ago in Spotfire / API 3 Needs Info

    calling an custom Export Tool from Iron Python

    te Excecute methot within the CustomTool API is not valid for an customExportTool (even if this inherits it). therefore there is no public method to be called from IronPython in order to trigger a custom export from a button for example. Furthermo...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to access binary columns

    Ability to pass through binary columns like images through to mods for rendering
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Introduce Styling Mods

    Spotfire design can by quite nicely twisted with CSS stylesheets and similar approaches, but Spotfire 'themes' are a bit limited in variety. Also it does not fit into the community idea of Spotfire Mods. The idea is to have "styling Mods" - from a...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Custom Expressions to be written using IronPython

    The current custom expression language is adequate for simple expressions, but having a full fledged python interpreter would greatly increase the readability and utility of these expressions/functions. Further, since the current custom expression...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Javascript API to reference specific visuals on a page

    I would like to request that the javascript api be allowed to reference specific visuals on a page and not just the whole page itself. This would allow greater reuse of existing DXPs as I could have a DXP used from within the normal Spotfire web p...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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