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    deploy mod as spk

    This idea is very much different from the design of how mod works currently though. However, deploying mod as spk would greatly reduce the complexity of how to use it, e.g. trust mod, trust author, trust certificate, code signing, certificate cost...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Custom tool bar buttons are not hidden when IsVisible property is set to true

    In Spotfire 10.10.x, we have the ability to custom the tool bar by adding custom tool shortcust (as buttons). This is a great addition to Spotfire but unfortunalty it only allows enabling/disabling the buttons! It does not hide/show the buttons ba...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Include user guide with visualization mod

    To make it easier to use a visualization mod, a user guide (a .md file or similar) can be inluded by the mod developer in the .mod file and be viewable to the end users in the Spotfire clients.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Include Favicon and App Icon change option through Cobranding Process

    We use spotfire as visualization tool to develop analytics solutions for Healthcare business such as Radiology. Re-branding is extremely important to any solutions developed by us, currently Favicon(the web page tab icon) and App Icon (the desktop...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Cross Table Plot API needs updating for new formatting options in 7.6

    Now that we have control over the layout of individual columns, etc., in a cross table plot in Spotfire 7.6, the API should enable control of these. For example, we should be able to set individual column widths. As far as I can tell, the API only...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Developer SDK method for returning Data Table Source Information as string

    Have built a DXP documentation tool for audit and documentation purposes but it has proved difficult to build an equivalent of the Data Table Source Information tab as most of the related objects/methods are not available in the SDK
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Better visualise KPIs with direction on map with line thickness

    Spotfire can show directions on a map: two points are connected with an arrow. Idea is to add to this the thickness of the line. Think of a Sankey diagram, but not on a circle, here it is shown on a map instead. This is ideal for showing movement ...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Error of renaming column -- The length of the property name must not exceed 1000 chars

    Hi Developers, We have a custom tool to rename columns which uses Spotfire function. There seems to be limitation on the column name where it must not exceed 1000 characters. How to reproduce: Insert calculated column Type an expression that excee...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Publish SDK as NuGet package

    Publish the SDK dlls as a NuGet package so that we can easily reference from solutions in a standard way. Would also be great to publish Visual Studio templates to create new extensions, with the template including Package Manager and a minimal S...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Mods API

    Please find some of the suggestions for Spotfire Mods Improvement: Integration with Multiple Data Tables: Currently, Spotfire Mods is limited to single table visualizations. Enabling integration with multiple data tables would greatly expand its a...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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