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    add capability to allow file I/O access

    Please add capability to allow file I/O under management. We have seen lots of use cases that utilize IronPythonscripts (possibly migrate to action mods in the future) to export data to csv, load data from csv, export pdf to file, etc.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Expose the API to set individual column width within CrossTablePlots

    The DataTable visual allows for setting individual column widths via IronPython. This API is not consistently implemented across similar tabular visuals, in particular the CrossTablePlot. Though users can adjust individual column widths using thei...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Make Spotfire.Dxp.Data.DataOperations.DisplayName read/write

    The Spotfire.Dxp.Data.DataOperations.DisplayName IronPython API is read only. Make it read and write so the data operation can be renamed programmatically or from the GUI This idea is somewhat related to https://ideas.spotfire.com/ideas/TS-I-7195 ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Color line items for a column value wrapped in a hierarchy.

    I want to draw attention to particular rows in which the string values meet specific criteria. If my y-axis column is just "costs" then I can color based on value, but it being a hierarchy I have no option to color on any level.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Disable the pdf export option in the right-click pop-up menu

    I want to process the PDF export function using only the javascript API. When a group disables a pdf export license, the pdf javascript API export is disabled. I hope that the pdf export option will be disabled only in the right-click menu and...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add callback function to the JavaScript API to trigger when filters are changed in an analysis

    Currently there is a callback function that can be registered for Marking changes, but this isn't possible with the Filter. This is useful to catch changes in Spotfire filters in a wrapping web application. Right now the only way to do this is a m...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    API to obtain another page on same screen

    I had a request from a customer regarding the possibility to open a page of a dxp in a new window via API. In essence they would like to click an action item in a viz and obtain another page on same screen, like what you get when right-click on pa...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    API/Protocol for launching Spotfire with data from an external source

    When using TIBCO Data Virtualization, TIBCO Data Science, TIBCO EBX or any other application capable of accessing and processing data it would be very useful to be able to open a dataset or dataview visible in the application directly in Spotfire ...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    API to detect that a visualization is closing

    We created some custom visualizations that add calculated columns to the source data table. When we close the visualization, we would like to drop the added columns. We are looking for an API that is invoked when the visual is closing/closed. So t...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    add option/preference to enable/disable CRL check on certificates used to sign mods

    Hi, Please add option/preference to enable/disable CRL verification on certificates used to sign mods if possible, to reduce complexity. Currently CRL verification is mandatory in Spotfire, however many othere systems(tomcat?) don't enforce that a...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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