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Apply colors only in Python

I want to be able to do through python what I can do through the GUI when I apply a coloring scheme with "colors only" to a bar chart. It seems like by default it applies by values. I want a button to be able to re-color my categorical bins when I...
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / API / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Make application of color schemes to other visualisations available in the API

In a python script, I would like to be able to do the same as I do using the following steps in the GUI (e.g. for a scatter plot): Go to visualisation properties, Tab Colors. Press “Color Schemes” Button, “Apply to visualizations”. In the dialogu...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API / Scripting 1 Future Consideration

Running the application profiler without being logged on

There is a command line parameter for the analyst client to run the application profiler unattended which is working fine. What is NOT working is running this setup via windows task scheduler without a user being logged on. You get an error then t...
about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Officially (re) implement jQuery to be used in Text areas

in 7.0 jQuery was unofficially supported and users found it very useful as a way to add change events and other cool functionality. In 7.5 and on, tibco officially does not allow jQuery change events and other features. Not supporting a major comp...
about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Show the information link specific 'Prompt for Values' dialog using API in Python Scripts

I expects that Table.Refresh() API call (which is an equivalent of the manual Reload Data from professional client) on a data table should show a 'Prompt For Values' dialog if the data table is configured in that way (If you add some prompts to an...
about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Add official support for JavaScript interaction with Spotfire elements

Currently there are workarounds for interfacing JavaScript code with Spotfire elements (i.e. input fields, calculated fields, etc). However as I understand it this is not 'officially' supported and is not guaranteed to work in future revisions. Th...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

set value of specific document property from marking

As a report developer of Spotfire, I want the ability of 'set value of specific document property from marking' so that I can trigger an ironpython script once the marked data changed. By this way, we can improve the user experience dramatically.
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Default value for optional parameters in data functions

When an optional parameter is used, I have to test in the data function whether the parameter is set using is.null() and assign it a default value. e.g. if(is.null(optPar)) {optPar = "something} because otherwise the code usually fails because you...
almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Ability to pass document properties to and from JavaScript Scripts

I need a way to pass document properties to and from JavaScript scripts. My workaround at the moment is to pass properties into html tags and then pass that to JavaScript. This is important to me for 2 reasons: (1) As a dashboard author, I'm ass...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Macro recorder for IronPython (like Excel)

The ability to perform actions in Spotfire and have the macro recorder observe and generate the relevant IronPython actions would be amazing. It would open up the API to more people, and would enable users unfamiliar with the API to build complex ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 1 Future Consideration