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    A way programmatically to migrate and change the types to solve the problem

    This is related to Support ticket 2559163. The exception is thrown before constructor deserialization, so the developer can't catch that exception. The fix is to throw the exception when deserializing the explicit immutable property.
    4 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 To be Reviewed

    Allow Mod as a Map Chart Layer

    This would allow a Mod to render itself as a layer on a Map Chart visualization. The Mod would be aware of the current extents so as to be able to be stacked with existing layers. This is especially useful for integration with GPU databases that p...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    allow to specify default value for Actin Mod parameters

    Please add option to allow to specify default value for Actin Mod parameters , e.g. (numberic updown, text field, dropdown list ,etc. In case of an action that has parameters, lots of customers just want to run it with all options filled with defa...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    expose spotfire's logging API for custom extension to use

    This idea originated from a discussion with the engineering team. We have been using the standard log4net API to write to Spotfire's standard log files by referencing the log4net.dll bundled with the product. + Spotfire.Dxp.SupportDiagnostics.log ...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 To be Reviewed

    Write back to Database

    It would be great to have a write-back to database feature that does not involve scripting. A lot of users will find write-back to database feature through a native interface simple and easy to use.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Apply Javascript API Set Filter Scheme

    following this documentation https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire_dev/area/doc/api/TIB_sfire_Web_Player_JavaScript_API_Reference/html/M_spotfire_webPlayer_Filtering_setFilter.htm There exists the `getFilteringScheme`, `getFilter` and `setFilter` metho...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 4 Already exists

    Add possibility to dynamically change the display names of properties (eg. axes name)

    The names of axes of a mod are defined in the manifest file, and displayed on the left hand side in the property dialog. Sometimes it is however useful to be able to change these names to be more appropriately named for a specific the project (wit...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Extending API for DXP metadata

    Currently Spotfire Library Metadata Agent could not answer to some useful prompts related to metadata like "What pages and bookmarks are in DXP xxx?". As checked with the support this is an API limitation. So accessing to details like page names, ...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Powerpoint Export API

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    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Expose Map Chart's Rendering Simplification in API

    Since map charts "abused" as non-geographical representations of multi-layered data are not just a unique selling point for Spotfire but also the most time consuming charts to configure it is especially helpful to build custom extensions or IronPy...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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