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    Add ability to filter in-db queries during configuration of the source.

    We currently initially query the data source for all its content, after setting up a new in-database connection. This can longer than wanted, if the underlying data store contains a large volume of items. So the customer would like to be able to f...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Import data from custom datasources when creating new analysis in Business Author

    The report developer would like to load data from various sources using their custom datasource extension when creating new analysis files in Web Player clients/business author.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to reference already created values that are defined in a custom expression

    Being able to reference already created values that are defined in a custom expression. For example you might use the below custom expression code. I will create an average voltage and standard deviation voltage variables for my typical process. I...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Allow OVER functions to access multiple aggregations and allow multiple OVERs per Custom Expression

    Currently the OVER function is, frankly pretty poorly implemented for anyone wanting to do data analysis that's not time series data. OVER functions should be able to access aggregations in parenthesis. For example, if I wanted to calculate the av...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    add support for latest rJava package to Statistics Services

    On TSSS 12.0LTS, The supported R and rJava versions are quite confusing. R up to latest 4.x versions are all supported but supported rJava version is too old and it can not be installed into R versions later than 4.0.2. https://docs.tibco.com/pub/...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R 0 Future Consideration

    calculate over all periods of detail levels

    Lets say we have a hierarchy of Year.Month, we want to calculate sum on all the same months (e.g. March) of each year. ParallelPeriod() can only calculate on the same month of previous year.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to copy values from a summary table

    I would like to copy the data in my boxplot summary table and paste them into an excel spreadsheet. I have the ability to do this in regular tables and cross tables but not the summary tables
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Information Designer - SP - Prompt shortcut

    Team, When I mouse click on the prompt dropdown and click s on my keyboard it changes the sp parameter prompt to single value but when I save it goes back to None. I found out that you must use the mouse to select single in order for it to save. I...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Make the process of replacing Spotfire Controls on Text Areas more obvious.

    When adding new Spotfire Controls on Text Areas I have to be very careful not to loose my control. Even with years of experience using Spotfire, I have to make sure the element is not highlighted when adding new ones. To do so, I have to click out...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    add API to terminiate python data function script execution

    One of our customers wants to terminiate python script execution on conditions. e.g. if xx > 100: # terminate script execution here. # carry on with other stuffs. We tried with sys.exit() but this will terminate the entire python process hence ...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 1 Future Consideration
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