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    Have data label to display BOTH the value AND the percent of total in a bar chart

    Currently, data label are displaying either value or percent of total bar., but not the 2 at the same time. Example: 129 (60.3%)
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Switch existing connection between in-mem and in-db

    Once a native connector has been set for in-mem or in-db, you can not switch anymore to the other option. You have to create a new connector. The user interface is confusing because in the Data Tables properties, a field shows that Data is externa...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Support local trust across multiple machines when working on application server farms

    According to https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Tibco-KnowledgeArticle-Article-44214 there are two options for trusting. Option #1 where the user can only trust their own queries is a useful method if you want to a) avoid that users are getting t...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 3 Future Consideration

    Greater/lesser than Join Types (like SQL)

    When creating a column add (aka join) between tables, it would be amazing to be able to more specifically define the join type rather than only having an '='. If for example you could select the type from =, >, <, >=, <=, etc. then you...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    IN function like the IN operator in SQL

    Ability to filter/limit data data like '[column] IN (value1, value2, ...)' this would result in a more readable construction then [column] = 'value1' and [column] = 'value2'. Work around is the to use the regular expression but that is harder if v...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    all-in-one Spotfire Server installer

    Please bundle PostgreSQL in Spotfire Server's installer and make it possible to install a new environment with a few clicks. Currently one must do followings step by step, (1) install PostgreSQL (2) edit and run create_database.bat (3) install Spo...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 0 Likely to implement

    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.
    7 months ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 1 Needs Info

    Spotfire Analyst - Make available library metadata information

    I am looking for a quick and easy way to get the currently opened library analysis' metadata. Thinking about the File -> Document properties (where one would look "naturally" look I think), the Library tab or the Properties tab, none of these t...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Add timestamp for messages in the Notifications

    When one or multiple errors are displayed in the Notifications area, no timestamp is displayed. This is a very useful data to troubleshoot system logs. Could you please add a timestamp value in the Notification and Notification details? Thank you ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Copy and Paste Transformations From One Data Table to Another Data Table

    When I want to move a transformation (or many transformations) from one data table to another data table due to similar characteristics between tables (or any other reason), it would be easier to move by copy/paste rather than to recreate the same...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration
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