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    Font support for Mods

    There should be a Mods API to enable the developer to support the Fonts configuration for Visualization Mods so that it feels just as like native visualizations for the end user.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Package builder should support ability to deploy to server

    While not a frequent activity, it is convenient to build and deploy an SDK package to the server. This no longer works with 11.x and external auth.Previously we could connect to the TSS directly and use LDAP credentials even though we also had an ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Unlikely to implement

    Remove 'Prepared Reports' via Spotfire API

    Create ability to remove prepared reports with the Spotfire API. Right now, I believe only viewing a list of existing reports and exporting existing reports is possible.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    trellis titles are in reversed order from the columns in axis selector

    Customer reported that trellis titles are in reversed order from the columns in axis selector. I confirmed with TIBCO support that this is by design. Our customer wants to show trellis titles as the same order as the columns in axis selector.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Provide a global "Cancel" functionality (using a hot-key) within the Spotfire session

    We need a global "Cancel"/"Abort" functionality (using a hot-key like Esc or Ctrl-C) within the Spotfire session, to stop/kill the last operation/process/thread. In many occasions, users invoke (by mistake) an operation that takes a very long time...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 1 Future Consideration

    Support JSON data type of PostgreSQL

    PosgreSQL supports JSON format from version 9.3. Unfortunately, Spotfire doesn't support JSON data type when working with a PostgreSQL database like the following link. https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire-analyst/7.11.0/doc/html/en-US/TIB_sfire-ana...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Preview top N rows before adding data from Library

    Suppose I want to browse available data in Information Links or SBDF's stored in my Spotfire Library. I would like to preview the top few rows of this data before importing it to analysis. When setting up a Data Connection, you are able to preview...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add option to not cache the data from a data function when saving

    I frequently use Data Functions to load data from external data sources (e.g. to call RESTful APIs to extract data). The main problem I have with this approach is that the most recent data is saved inside the analysis file. This has 2 knock-on eff...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Limit rows in export

    For security reasons, It would be great to add a parameter to limit the number of rows that can be exported from the web player.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Use a table in the analysis as input to the ForEach

    Being able to source an existing table as an input to ForEach step in Automation Services
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 1 Future Consideration
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