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    Please expand the GIS-related functionalities

    While Tableau supports Mapbox APIs, Spotfire lacks advanced features like map matching. I would like to see more comprehensive GIS capabilities integrated.
    6 months ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 1 Needs Info

    Add ability to search inside data sources in information designer

    I'm often working on information links. To add columns in joins, column elements, filters etc. I always have to scroll through the tables in the data source, open them, add the columns... This is time consuming and annoying work. My suggestion is ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Support of SQL Complex Data Types (ARRAY, MAP, STRUCT)

    In our databases (Oracle, Impala, ...) we use complex data types (ARRAYS, MAPS, STRUCTURES). Those data types are not supported today by Spotfire in-db connectors.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Save any type of object in library

    Ability to save any type of object in library. So if I have custom data function or for that matter any custom extension whose state I want to save in library and make it sharable it is not possible.In case of data functions things like conneciton...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Configure visibility of icons and menus in web client

    Application authors would like to control which web actions are available to consumers of a particular analysis. E.g. some don´t want tibbr and the collaboration tools to be visible, others wants to hide the filter panel or the bookmarks panel bec...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire 1 Future Consideration

    Password policies

    We should add support for password policies (length, complexity, expiration etc) when using Spotfire DB for authentication. We should also set up reasonable default values for these parameters.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 3 Future Consideration

    Uphold default template chosen in PowerPoint, when exporting to PowerPoint from Spotfire.

    The customer would like the company template, which is set to default on the users PowerPoint installations, to be used when exporting to PowerPoint from Spotfire. Currently Spotfire is only choosing a blank page, without any template, when export...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Export 5 Future Consideration

    Request new API for Coloring

    Hi team, At the moment, the API that's behind the Coloring.Apply method, always applies the coloring as name value pairs. I would like to request a new API, which would give users the possibility to apply coloring with the option Colors only (as y...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Make width of line connection in scatter plot and map chart dependent on data

    We would like to be able to make the width of the line connection configurable, dependent on the underlying data. For example, you ship goods from Amsterdam to both London and Berlin, however, you ship twice as much to London as you do to Berlin. ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Allow contract first for REST/OData

    Contract first design of REST/Odata APIs is common in many enterprises. As SOAP contract first is already supported, Contract first in REST would allow us to receive Openapi 3.0 specifications and link the data virtualization to this exact contrac...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 To be Reviewed
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