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    Connect multiple visualizations together into a single tile

    Doing this should also reduce the padding between visuals, allowing the display of complex multivariate information without worry of resizing issues on page. New, interesting visuals could be created this way
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Add ability to change the connections from the logon screen

    When moving from Spotfire 7.11 to Spotfire 7.13 and beyond (including 10), connecting to Azure SQL could not connect because the default selection (which is grayed out on the log on screen) could not be changed so that users can connect to the tem...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Enable Setting `NA_character_` in Data Function Parameter

    Goal Programmatically set the value of input parameter (String type) in Data Function as NA_character_. Concept Use SetInput() method in DataFunctionInputCollection to set execMode parameter (refer to .png) before executing Data Function. Current ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Filtering Scheme Improvements

    Right now, the default filter type is often inconvenient. For instance, if a column has more than 3 unique options, a check box filter is not my preferred filter type. So, I have to go through and manually set all the filter types to my preferred ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 2 Future Consideration

    Allow favoriting a file from the file

    Convenience. Better UX. Sometimes (often) I receive a file via a link to it. After processing it I want to favorite it. I don't know where it lives in the library. What to do? There is no way to get the library path from a dxp file, so if I want t...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Greenplum Connector : add SSL option

    Currently, when we use the Pivotal Greenplum connector in Spotfire, there is no way to specify the use of SSL. And it is by default "No SSL". For security reasons, our Greenplum database is set to use SSL. The dedicated Pivotal Greenplum connector...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Draw Shape on Map

    It would be really helpful if you could draw a radius or square block and keep it on the map. Much like how the radius function currently works in 7.6 but instead of the circle disappearing after the rows are marked the circle would stay and ideal...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add method in IronPython API to export visualization (as-is) to Excel

    Currently, the CreateDataWriter method is available to export to Excel (reference); however, this export strips any formatting in the underlying visualization - e.g., Table. Spotfire v14.x offers an in-UI feature to export visualizations, as-is (r...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Highlight all related data on visualizations on one-to-many relations)

    Scenario Two data tables have a Relation on a common column, as well as Column Match. When mouse hovers on a data point/row in a Scatter and Table visualizations respectively, a separate Line Chart responds by spotlighting the corresponding data (...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    deploy mod as spk

    This idea is very much different from the design of how mod works currently though. However, deploying mod as spk would greatly reduce the complexity of how to use it, e.g. trust mod, trust author, trust certificate, code signing, certificate cost...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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