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    Add method to the JavaScript mashup API to check Spotfire version

    I'm working on Selenium based tests for Spotfire reports. Some tests need to vary depending on the Spotfire version (e.g. clicking on the export menu option is different in 10.x versus 7.x). It would help if there were a supported API to check wha...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add an Adapter for InfluxDB

    InfluxDB is a highly utilized database for times series data in our industry. There are currently no other options for pulling time series data into TDV.
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    Make user use summary tables, statistic table of box plot directly in another visualization

    I want to use it directly without exporting it to data table and adding
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Export / Visualization 0 Likely to implement

    More color scheme choices please

    Spotfire offers a paltry number of color schemes in the color dialog. 2 multi, and blue, gray and green. There are no decent accessible categorical schemes (eg red-green colorblind sensitive). No divergent color schemes. Tableau rocks all over this.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Error bands

    In other applications it is easy to create error bands (e.g. Origin), that visualize the potential area in which a measurement can really be. It helps in trending to see if newly acquired values are within an expected or validated Region of a proc...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Custom Curve Draw where values do not change when switching between log and linear axis

    If you draw y(x) = x as custom line and have linear axis, everything is fine. However, switching an axis to log has the unexpected consequence that y(x) is NOT x anymore. I understand the logic that if you switch the y axis to log you have log10(y...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Possibility to use Properties in all Names fileds

    Properties like Document Properties can be used in for example Page Names or Cross Table Axes Names, but now in Tooltip Value Name or Calculated Value Name (in Graphical Table). Allowing using those in other places allows to build more automated r...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Resize Cross-Table row heights automatically as per data (especially when exporting to PDF)

    When exporting a report to PDF, it would be helpful to view all cross-table data. Currently if the row height is not expanded manually by the user, all cross-table data is not visible in the PDF export.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    other (non-red) icon for permission errors

    Currently in the client, if someone bases a view on your code, and then loses permissions to select on your code, your code gets the same white exclamation mark in a red circle that other errors get, while this particular piece of code is just fin...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / development 0 Likely to implement

    Document Custom JDBC Adapter functionality

    Hi, it would be usefull to have an extended documentation for the functionality of creating a custom JDBC adapter, as explained in this video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvxxq_ynZts or in this article https://support.tibco.com/s/artic...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Planning to implement
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