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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

    Standard zoom sliders in visualization mods

    Zoom bars are available for all core visualizations, and should therefore also be available for Mods, in keeping with the goal for the same look-and-feel as core. This is an expectation from users. With the large universe of potential new custom M...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    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

    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

    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, ...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    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

    Please expand the GIS-related functionalities

    While Tableau supports Mapbox APIs, Spotfire lacks advanced features like map matching. I would like to see more comprehensive GIS capabilities integrated.
    5 months ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 1 Needs Info

    Powerpoint Export API

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    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration
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