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    Check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values

    Users appreciate Spotfire’s ability to match column name changes during data reloading. This ideas proposes the ability for Spotfire to check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values (especially when metadata changes or when dat...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    seamlessly Zooming in/out of data - using 'layers' in general charts

    Take an easy example: you are displaying a Bubble chart that aggregates some data on some categories. 'Zooming in' (e.g. via mouse scrolling) would mean that going into detail for that category in focus would show all the data points behind that c...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Scheduling & Routing - See Load Status for File Rules

    It would be very useful to show the load status for each file rule alongside the "Execution" datetime (that shows the last run datetime for the rule) on the "Overview" page of "Scheduling & Routing".This is useful because if the Web Player ins...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 0 Future Consideration

    Create a 'List box' property control with expression within a text area using a table apart from the default table

    While working in the Property control dialog, select the property and set 'Set property value through' to 'Expressions'. However, when you attempt to Edit the Expression, only the column names from the default table are visible but not other tables.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Mobile: add an additional password r fingerprint for accessing the mobile app

    All the data on the app is only protected by the 4 digits pin code of the IOS device. This is not compliant to the strict security rules of AkzoNobel. Will it be possible to develop an additional password (with about 8 positions and different sign...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Mobile 0 Future Consideration

    Add 'sourceURL' to JavaScript scripts in text areas

    I regularly debug JavaScript that has been added to a text area. A useful tool is the ability to add '//# sourceURL=xxxxx' at the end of the script so that the browser debug tools can show the script in the sources tab. It would be great if Spotfi...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration

    Another problem with data loading in 10.3 - defaults to add rows to table when tables are different!

    I load a table into 10.3 from xlsx file. I load the same table, again, but in the xlsx load dialog, I remove the final two columns from the load by unchecking their checkbox in the xlsx load dialog. Spotfire tries to add rows to the existing table...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Choose which lables are showed and calculation between then

    Sometimes you want to just see some specific lables (not all or nothing) and, in bar charts, see the difference between two specific lables (using arrows or circles).
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to use custom IDEs with integrated support for the Spotfire API

    It would be great to develop IronPython code for Spotfire reports in another IDE (for instance Visual Studio Code) and retain the ability to reference Spotfire visualization elements (e.g. a table, scatterplot, or visualization title)
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Need a separate licence to restrict user from logging into Spotfire Desktop client

    Currently there are different licences that enable user to be able to open library files, other files, etc. But they apply to both the Spotfire Cloud as well as the Desktop client. A simple licence code that controls whether the user can login to ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
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