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    Display a custom panel when no document is open

    Ability to have custom panels be accessible before any document is opened is needed to support scenarios where the panel has functionality that allows the user to open a document or creating a new document from data.
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    API for creating Information Services data sources

    Currently it is possible to update Information Services data sources using API (https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire_dev/area/doc/api/TIB_sfire_server_WebServices_API_Reference/com/spotfire/ws/pub/package-summary.html). It would be useful to also be a...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    pass resulting DataTable back to (SDK) CustomDataSource for final property manipulation

    our custom data source has some additional properties that could readily be applied to the resulting data table - such as primary key, tweaks to data types (numbers of decimal places, etc), and the like. this would enable our custom data source to...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 5 Unlikely to implement

    add API to export data to csv and make the result file downloadable for consumer

    Please add API to export data(from datatable or table plot, cross table) to csv/tsv and make the result file downloadable for consumer. Current API for exporting can only write exported file to web player server's path.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Make dialog box sizes adjustable

    Just a useful feature to have. Example: When I use the < Insert Rows -> Match Columns > feature, I tend to miss some that haven't readily matched. This happens because the scroll space is pretty small. Would find it useful to have the wh...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 5 Future Consideration

    Add JavaScript mashup APIs to interact with visuals

    I'm writing Selenium based tests and would like supported APIs for interacting with visuals on a page: Get the visualisation type. Get the title of the visual. Export table data associated with a table (assuming that it is allowed by the visual p...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add a method to the JavaScript mashup API to get the current notifications/errors

    I'm working on Selenium based tests for Spotfire reports and one of the checks I perform is that no errors are shown in the notification area. Currently, I achieve this by checking the content of the Spotfire DOM, then clicking on buttons to show ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add methods to the JavaScript mashup API to maximize visualisations (and restore back to normal)

    I'm working on Selenium tests for our Spotfire analytics. In some cases we want to compare images captured of Spotfire visuals. Comparison of images is only possible if the images are the same size, so we ensure this by maximizing the visual befor...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Ability to customize context menu for a mod

    I'm currently using popouts in multiple mods to let users change the settings of those mods (e.g. the shapes of nodes in a network graph mod, or enabling / disabling UI controls in a 'filter panel' mod). To display those popouts I'm currently usin...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    ironpython api reference documentation in python

    The API documentation to understand parameters and methods are in C# and is not python friendly. Is it possible to have another comprehensive resource just like it but in python?
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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