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    allow to add custom tool into native Tools menu with more than 2 hierarchy

    Our customer wants to add custom tool into native Tools menu like, native Tools menu => SubFolder(e.g company name) => SubSubFolder(e.g. tool category) => CustomTool_here Currently only below 2 option are available. (1) native Tools menu ...
    10 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add a standard way to provide about information and help for Mods

    It's possible to add links to add pop-ups and buttons that links to additional documentation inside a Mod, but it would be better if access to help and about information was handled by the Spotfire framework to make it consistent across all Mods. ...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    API support for mapping UI elements to marked rows in visualization mods

    Add API to make it easier to map UI elements to marked rows when developing a visualization mod. The API could typically support SVG intersection and HTML element box intersection.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    expose API to add custom tool developed using C# into f(x) flyout

    Please expose API to add custom tool developed using C# into f(x) flyout.
    10 months ago in Spotfire / API 1 Needs Info

    Increase or remove the limit for the number of x-axis values

    Currently the Area Chart can show at maximum 10000 values on the x-axis. This is too few for some data sets.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Add method to the JavaScript mashup API to check if Spotfire is 'ready'

    I'm working on a framework to automate Spotfire Web Player interaction through Selenium. Very often when writing Selenium based tests I need to interact with Spotfire in some way (e.g. change the active page) and then wait for Spotfire to be 'read...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    allow to grant mod trust to groups

    To use mod in an isolated environment without internet access(Spotfire Server, Web Player, Analyst,etc), we have been trying to figure out the best solution to eliminate the prerequisite that each user much perform trust action on each mod used, o...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    API: Add option to obtain guid for the sbdf file of a SbdfLibraryDataSource in case its name is not uniqe

    I've confirmed the following with support: There's currently no way to obtain the guid of the sbdf in the library which is used as data source in case its name is not unique in the library. My request is to add an option to obtain the guid easily ...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to synchronize a mod property between multiple instances of a mod

    I built a mod which serves as a kind of filter panel, and is replicated on multiple pages in my dxp. This mod provides some UI controls, like input fields, to let the user change the values for the filters (like the min and max time for a time ran...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    API to get display name of an axis expression

    By default, the display name of an axis expression has slightly different syntax than the expression itself, e.g. "Max([col1])" is displayed as "Max(col1)". The display name is needed for several use cases, e.g. as category key in a color scheme a...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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