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    Parallel Data Loading via the API

    Parallel Data Loading is a feature available from Spotfire 11.4. https://community.tibco.com/s/article/tibco-spotfirer-parallel-data-loading-faq However, the parallell loading currently only happens when opening the .dxp file or when adding multip...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Provide metrics for DV usage

    The metrics that are included in TDV out of the box are useless for longterm reporting of how TDV is being used by customers. There is a package available through Advanced Services called KPI metrics but it is not supported and we are having great...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / monitoring 3 Planning to implement

    Mods API for formatting of calculated values

    To render calculated values in a mod (e.g. to display a continuous scale) there is a need for an API to get the values formatted according to the settings made in Spotfire, similar to what's achieved with row.continuous("Y").formattedValue().
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Native Wafer Zone Overlay (Crosshairs) for Wafer Map Charts

    The Spotfire "Generate Wafer Zone Analysis" action mod could automatically generate a Feature Layer output that draws the zone boundaries (radial rings and angular crosshairs) directly onto the Wafer Map while not hiding the data. I have used an e...
    about 1 month ago in Spotfire / Actions / Visualization 0 Planning to implement
    124 VOTE

    in-visualization drill down on chart axes hierarchies and cross-table axes levels

    Currently when you have a hierarchy on either a cross-table OR a visualisation axes ie. Year->Month->Day or Country->State->town... you cannot drill through the Hierachy - only expand it to show EVERY single value across every level of...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 13 Future Consideration

    Allow urls and external content to be opened from Mods

    Currently urls and external content is blocked in mods, so it is not possible to add a link in a Mod for someone to click on. It would be very useful to be able to display links in Mods such as links to other Spotfire tools, external content and i...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Custom Title Bar Colors per Individual Visualization

    Description:Currently, title bar background colors are controlled globally through Canvas Themes and cannot be customized individually per visualization. Requested Feature:Add a property setting to customize the Title Bar background color for each...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
    108 VOTE

    Allow changing grand total and subtotal names in cross tabs.

    Would like ability to change the name of the Grand Total/Subtotal columns and rows in a crosstab. Perhaps add a variable or expression to show what the subtotal is referring to, e.g. Subtotal Product.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Inlcuding a field on the y-axis to add unit information

    Currently in Spotfire, you can either change the number format of the value axis, or change the name of the variables of the value axis to include unit information. However, the first option adds the unit on all labels of the y-axis. This sometime...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
    106 VOTE

    Keep Colour schema when change the Colour dimension

    In any graph, If the dimension on colours section change, the Colour scheme will change with to the default one. I think it would be more correct if it the graph keep the same color scheme even if the dimension that manage the colour change. We s...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration
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