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    Better visualise KPIs with direction on map with line thickness

    Spotfire can show directions on a map: two points are connected with an arrow. Idea is to add to this the thickness of the line. Think of a Sankey diagram, but not on a circle, here it is shown on a map instead. This is ideal for showing movement ...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    sync updated data function in library to analysis

    If data function is added via Transformation, currently one has to perform below steps to sync it from library to analysis if the script in library is updated 1. Navigate to Data Canvas. 2. Select the relevant transformation by clicking on Data a...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Provide the ability to rename nodes (and SF Servers) in the SF 7.5+ admin console

    When I was initially setting up SF 7.5 (in an AWS-hosted environment) it was difficult to identify which machine was which (as the references were originally IP Addresses that were assigned by AWS). I'd like the ability to add custom name tags to ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 2 Will not implement

    Add the ability to sort marked rows to the top of a table

    There are times when it would be useful to be able to add "marked rows" to the sort criteria for a table. This would bring marked rows to the top of a table instead of having to limit the data by marked rows. That hides all other rows, but a sort ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Create links to items in Library

    It would be nice to have "links" to items in the library. Just like links in a file system. Use case: We want to regulate access to certain analysis files. Now these might be grouped by project and as permissions are folder-wide, a folder needs to...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Support for Postgresql 11 as a data source, cache and data ship

    We would like Composite to provide Datasource adapters for Postgres version 10 and 11. Currently we are unable to upgrade to the latest version because of this limitation and use the latest features including usage of datatypes like JSON and JSONB .
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 4 Future Consideration

    Expose only certain columns in shared data connections

    All columns of a data source are exposed on the connection. It is necessary to be able to expose only certain elements from a data source to users to build connections based on folder level security. Data connections is missing the abstraction lay...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Input server-side-properties in Spotfire Cloudera Impala Connector

    Hello dear, I hope to be able to input server-side-properties in Spotfire Cloudera Impala Connector. The backgound is : In our Impala infrastructure, we can only connect to Impala by setting the REQUEST_POOL command. In Windows ODBC Data Source Ad...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Streamline communication of changes when new versions are released

    Thoroughly understanding changes to the software when new versions are released is currently very difficult. For the 7.9 release, I found three TIBCO websites that had varying levels of detail explaining the changes, as well as the release notes. ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire 5 Already exists

    Details on Demand Display

    It would be helpful if when opening details on demand on one tab, that it was an isolated command, rather than details on demand opening on every tab within the tool.
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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