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    Group Custom Tools in the right-click context menu

    Request: When registering a Custom Tool on a Visualization should also allow the creation of groups like in the menu in Spotfire Professional. This change should also carry over to the Web Player.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    make script.WithParameters(params) work on WP@Linux

    Below IronPython script doesn't work on WP@Linux, res, script= Document.ScriptManager.TryGetScript('myScript') newScript = script.WithParameters(params) It fails with error "Operation is not supported on this platform." We use above API to enable ...
    12 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Programmatically set Details-On-Demand columns via Spotfire API

    Hello, in some situations it would be very useful to set the columns of the Details-On-Demand panel with a ironPython script. Do you think that could be included in a further evolution? Thanks. Mickael
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add dynamic variables to the mods, like arrays

    I need to store variables that can grow in the mods, for custom properties that are stored as a dynamic array instead of only fixed sizes
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    API to detect if Spotfire is Idle

    Spotfire web client has an option to detect idle time and logout ... We are looking for a similar API for Spotfire professional client (Analyst). We want to configure idle time for the thick client so that if the client has been idle for certain a...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Unlikely to implement

    having logarithmic scale option and customized curve can be attached in Stock Chart Mod

    It should be very useful to have logarithmic scale for Stock Chart Mod, price such as crypto can change sharply and suggested to use logarithmic scale. Some customized curve such as filtered moving average can be added to the Stock Chart for anal...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Will not implement

    Ability to adjust width and height of a visual through API (using python)

    Our dashboards have a large number of pages. Each page has the same textarea. It would be great to be able to set the width of these through an API call. Same for panels (e.g. make all filter panels same width on each page when showing)
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Access miniatures in text areas via the API

    Sometimes the need arises to manipulate a text area using IronPython to change specific parts of the text area. However, when changing the html content of a text area using IronPython you often destroy the Spotfire dynamic contents (calculated v...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Provide a way to set document properties and filtering/marking before the actual data loading of an analysis

    We have an application that let users save their configuration in db. When the analysis is open, user's configuration will be loaded. Then, document properties would be set and data will be loaded which depends on document properties.Currently all...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 4 Already exists

    Option to show custom application and document tools in any standard Spotfire menu

    As a developer or an administrator I want to show my custom tools in any native Spotfire menu, like File, Data or Help, or in a custom sub-menu below. This would give the flexibility to show custom functionality in more logical places when using ...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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