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Allow a chain of IronPython scripts to be executed on a Document Property

Currently, only one script can be linked/executed via a Document Property. There are cases where a chain of (modular) scripts need to be run based on a change in Document Property value. The present workaround is to pack all relevant codes into a ...
about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Multi-line comments in expression editor

Customer is asking for Multi-line comments in expression editor (custom expression, calculated columns, etc). something like (C#) /* comment here 2nd line 3rd line ... */
almost 2 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.
over 3 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 4 years 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 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Import selected scripts from other file

Importing a script from another dxp is an important, time saving feature which I use regularly. However, I usually want to import a specific script from another dxp, not all of them. So I'd like to have the possiblity to import only selected scrip...
almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Stepwise execution when developing data functions in R

Add the ability to run a R data function stepwise to make easier to develop and debug the script. During the stepwise execution It should be possible to inspect variables and do code changes or running commands to set variables. A workaround is to...
almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Ability to call a Javascript function in TextArea2 from a javascript of TextArea1

For reusable javascript code. Sometime data in TextArea1 would affect the appearance of TextArea2 , thus the need to access TextArea2 script Also sometime order of execution of the script is important. TextArea1 script should be executed before Te...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

Increase maximum length for multi-line text prompts for properties

It could be argued that this is a bug (although not a very critical one!). Steps to reproduce: Create a text area. Add a multi-line property control with a string property. Paste >2MB of data into the textarea control. The data isn't entered i...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

A development mode which considers all scripts trusted until disabled

I am the author of an open source build utility called Spotless which allows live-reloading of Javascript in Spotfire while iterating on ideas. I would like to also live-reload the IronPython, and I already have the code written to do this. Due to...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration