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    add API to get UI language of Analyst for Action Mods

    Please add API to get UI language of Analyst / WP, so that we can use console.log() to report progress in appropirate language in accord with the UI.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 4 Future Consideration

    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

    add Linq support to Action Mod API

    Please add Linq support to Action Mod API to increase productibility when manipulating IEnumerable objects.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Unlikely to implement

    Get rid of those inescapable dialog boxes

    The dialog boxes are often modal, meaing you are not allowed to work with the program until the dialog box is closed. But, you will often need to search for info such as variable numbers, or do something else. So, you then have to close the dialog...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 1 Will not implement

    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...
    over 9 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

    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

    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...
    almost 5 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

    Provide text search in data configs, svb, and Enterprise Manager tree

    Heavy users manage a large number of queries inside data configs and svb code within analyses. Currently, if I need to change a table or field name in queries or change an include file or coding technique throughout my system of analyses, I may ha...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration
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