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    Debugger for IronPython

    It would be very helpful if there was a debugger for IronPython scripts. Otherwise you always have to tediously set print statements
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    read the auto scale function through the API

    The ScaleAxisBase.Range currently returns a null value if auto scale is on. I would like to read the auto scale function so i can give multiple graphs the same scale. This especially handy for data where you can not up front deterimene the scale o...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Switch Theme Using IronPython

    I really want to be able to add a switch control into a page and switch between different themes: Light Dark Custom Currently you can't do this via IronPython
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add transformations to external data tables (and database pushback of these)

    Spotfire lacks one very important feature to make data preparation more useful: basic operations on external tables. Other tools offer this in terms of joins, filters for row and columns, simple calculations, aggregation and similar. All these ope...
    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

    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 ...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 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
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