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    Adding an adapter to consume JSON files directly.

    Currently, there is no adapter to consume JSON files directly. The only capability exists within a web service. Currently we have data sources that are publishing JSON files to a file sharing network, and we are being asked to consume. I'm reque...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 To be Reviewed

    Ability to access binary columns

    Ability to pass through binary columns like images through to mods for rendering
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Create a connector for ServiceNow

    As many others we are using ServiceNow and want to add reporting to the standard reports available, either through Spotfire or other reporting tooling with access control and additional logic centralized in TDV. For this no connector is said to ba...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 5 Unlikely to implement

    Introduce Styling Mods

    Spotfire design can by quite nicely twisted with CSS stylesheets and similar approaches, but Spotfire 'themes' are a bit limited in variety. Also it does not fit into the community idea of Spotfire Mods. The idea is to have "styling Mods" - from a...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Custom Expressions to be written using IronPython

    The current custom expression language is adequate for simple expressions, but having a full fledged python interpreter would greatly increase the readability and utility of these expressions/functions. Further, since the current custom expression...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Javascript API to reference specific visuals on a page

    I would like to request that the javascript api be allowed to reference specific visuals on a page and not just the whole page itself. This would allow greater reuse of existing DXPs as I could have a DXP used from within the normal Spotfire web p...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Expose Lists to the Spotfire API

    Currently, Spotfire lists (as seen in the Lists panel) are not accessible via the IronPython API. This limits our ability to automate workflows that rely on lists, such as creating lists from specific column values and using list comparison tools....
    11 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add functionality to read XML body from files in File - XML datasource

    We have multiple collections of XML files that are all of the same XML schema. These files are accesed through the File - XML datasource. Currently, processing XML files from this source requires that a transformation is defined on each file. That...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement

    Support for Kafka adapter in TDV

    We would like you to add support for a Kafka adapter in TDV to make it possible to access live Kafka data, in avro format, as a datasource. We currently have mulitple Kafka streams storing data in avro format and such an adapter would enable us ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Future Consideration

    add API to get/set canvas styling/theme

    Please add API to get/set canvas styling/theme. One of our customers wants to change is via IronPython for consumer users.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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