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    Visual Mods - ability to set default aggregation of column to 'None'

    When selecting a column in a Visual Mod we need the ability to set the default aggregation method to 'None'. Would be great if this could be customized per Visual Mod or even per column.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Retrieve the Source information tab from Data table properties

    Hi team, It would be very useful to have the ability to retrieve all information found in the Source Information tab of the Data table properties.Currently, we can only retrieve parts of that information using the GenerateSourceView method from th...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Expose Lists to the Spotfire API

    Currently, Spotfire lists (as seen in the Lists panel) are not accessible via the IronPython API. This limits our ability to automate workflows that rely on lists, such as creating lists from specific column values and using list comparison tools....
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Drill Through into detail in ERP Systems

    BI tools is often used for analysis of ERP data on aggregated level. Analysing e.g. production, sale or finance data, you might come to a point where not all details are available through the BI tool. For these cases, users would sometimes value a...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Lines and Curves > Label and Tooltip...>Value (y) > Format...

    I would like to be able have this as part of the API so I can write an IronPython script to change the format between number and percentage based on a drop-down property.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Shape axis in visualization mods

    Add the ability to define and use a shape axis in a visualization mod. The functionality should be similar as for the native Spotfire visualizations, e.g. the Scatter plot.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Enable table reload with prompt from IronPython in Web player

    Table reload is available to be triggered as a script in the client, the same is not available on the web. This leads for inconsistent report design and the need to try and train users to access the menu for reload but can configure action buttons...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Future Consideration

    API for changing custom query

    Please add API function that can be called by e.g. an IronPython script to custom query and reload again
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Display a custom panel when no document is open

    Ability to have custom panels be accessible before any document is opened is needed to support scenarios where the panel has functionality that allows the user to open a document or creating a new document from data.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    allow to add any certificate to be "pinned certificate"

    Since 14.5, we can see some visualization mods are signed by "Verified with root certificate from: N/A - Verified by pinned certificate", these kinds of certificates are not verified in the normal way, aka require root certificate and intermediate...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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