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Spotfire to support opening excel files generated by openpyxl

Hi I have a python script where it will export excel using 'openpyxl' library, the exported file is normal excel and cen be opened in excel without issue. But when opened in Spotfire, it will prompt for error tha format is incorrect. I hope this c...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Columns as python script parameters

It would be good if columns could be used as input parameter for pyhton scripts. Tables are possible but I'd like to use columns.
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

call another data function inside a data function

Customer wants to call another data function inside a data function. We understand one can package the data function being call and deploy it. However this idea is simply do it inside a analysis. Thanks.
almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Improve Python, HTML, Java and R editors

Python, HTML, Java and R editors in Spotfire are basically notepads. It would be great Spotfire could provide more specific editors for these languages.
over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Bookmarks: Make Apply special -> Filter settings -> Set only adjusted filters etc. available in API

In the GUI, it is possible for bookmarks with stored filter settings to "Set all Filters", "Set only adjusted Filters" or "Mark filtered rows" via the Apply Special option. According to support, this is not available through the API. It would be g...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Enhance Scripting Default Options to Show Dialog box when Application is Not Responding

Problem: (version 7.6) When a report has a longer running ironpython, the Spotfire application goes into a windows (Not Responding) state. Windows then displays a dialog box prompting the user to Close the Application or Wait for the Program to re...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Ability to color individual table headers by IronPython script

It would be nice to be able to color headers in a table individually by an IronPython script. My use case is a quite large table with header names created by specific rules. Depending on the header name content I want to color the headers respecti...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Bulk removal of Data Transformations

Scenario Apply different sets of DataTransformations depending on user input - e.g., drop-down selection. Current API only allows removal one step at a time: for op in sourceview.GetAllOperations[DataTransformationsOperation](): if sourceview.CanR...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Add method to create DataSource via list/array of values.

Scenario Given lists of values - e.g., `set_a` and `set_b` - in the example below, goal is to create a DataTable in .dxp. set_a = [1, 2, 3, 4] set_b = [5, 6, 7, 8] Current Workflow The DataSource Class is created by (1) generating a tab-delimited ...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Simplifying the Creation of Task Automation Scripts in Spotfire

This is more of a generalized request, but I just read up on the new Power Automate Visual for Microsoft Power BI, and I really think that Spotfire needs some improvements to match the simplicity delivered for a Business Analyst with Microsoft's i...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration