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    Better error handling with Mashing up data between data sources with SAP HANA

    When mashing external data up with SAP HANA (in-db) data in a visualization, if the data types between the data sets are different, the visualization just doesn't work and reports no error. It would be nice to have a error to the user saying that ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Can library search show the path to the file in 10.3 Web Player, like the Analyst client does???

    Need to have this parity. In our world, there can be multiple files having the same name - things get copies and people work on their own versions without changing the file name. Impossible to differentiate from the multiple copies when searching ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 4 Future Consideration

    Add method to create DataSource via list/array of values.

    Scenario Given lists of values - e.g., `set_a` and `set_b` - in the example below, goal is to create a DataTable in .dxp. set_a = [1, 2, 3, 4] set_b = [5, 6, 7, 8] Current Workflow The DataSource Class is created by (1) generating a tab-delimited ...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    I want to be able to render a column as image and see the changes in the png file presented in the dashboard

    We have a dashboard that shows the departments agenda. Each day, a new version is saved to a shared network drive and reloaded into a Spotfire dashboard. The data column is rendered as this agenda.png. But the dashboard doesn't pick up the daily c...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 7 Already exists

    Allow sample data selection when opening analysis

    Some analysis may involve minions of rows or against a slow DB or connection. When trying to open to make updates, it could take 20 minutes or more. Desire here is to allow a report to be opened with sample data so that it can be quickly checked. ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 3 Future Consideration

    use document property to set low / high on a range filter

    One of our customers wants to use document property to set low / high on a range filter, instead of currently only actual value can be used.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    specify document property in search box of filters

    One of our customers wants to specify document property in the search box of filters(list box filter, etc.) , so as to search all values matching the search criteria defined by the document property.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Store all server side logging in system language rather than user language

    Log everything on the server side (including Nodes, Servers and Action logs) in the system language rather than the end user's language. Sometimes I'm troubleshooting problems for users in (e.g.) China and it's rather hard given that the log ent...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 3 Future Consideration

    Format (Color by) legend number type for custom expressions

    If we were to have a custom expression for the Value (Y) axis and Color by such as SUM(Profit)/SUM(Revenue) and both profit and revenue were in dollars then the Y-axis can be formatted to a Percentage. But the same cannot be done for color by lege...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    change cell height seperatelly

    Currently if changing cell height in cross table the all rows' height are changed together, customer requests this feature to allow set cell height separately in order to make more elegant report.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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