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manage filters (show/hide columns) on per-filter scheme basis

Currenly, the showing and hiding of filters is managed/controlled on a per-page basis rather than per filter scheme. There isn't a built-in feature available within Spotfire that allows you to show/hide filters based on the active filter scheme. C...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

Allow display of full hour format like excels [h]:mm:ss

We would like to show real values on axis in full hour format like excel format [h]:mm:ss - for example 3.728030303 does show as 89:28:22 on axis without loosing real format type.
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

Warning when Right or Left Join adds rows to data table

I think it would be great if Spotfire would warn me when an insert column operation will add rows to the data. Sometimes this is intended, but other times, it is because there is a problem in the data quality. In my use case, adding rows is usuall...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Create a way to identify and/or clean up unused objects in Spotfire DXP (Calculated columns, Property Controls)

This could be a multi-level feature: Option 1 – Flag whether the column/ Property Control is used in any other Column, Property Control, Viz, Data function Answers the question: will something in the report break if I delete this object? Example:...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

change order of columns inside a datatable (not tableplot)

Customer would like to change order of columns inside a datatable (not tableplot). i.e. change the order on the columns themselves, or by a new transformation that can do so. Thanks.
almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Display Name for Filters in Filter panel

It should be possible to give filters a "Display Name" just as in visualisations. As far as I understand it, the filter name is always the column name and if you want to change it, the column has to be renamed. But in some cases it would be good t...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

Provide useful information on why refresh is disabled, when this is disabled for a data table, so that the developer knows how to resolve his or her issue.

When and if the refresh button is disabled, we should clearly list why this is the case. Be it circular dependencies, frozen columns, or anything else. As it is now it is almost impossible for a report developer to find the cause by themselves. At...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Show Calculated Columns Precedents and Dependents

When making several calculated columns that refer to other columns it would be useful to see a branch out of all the columns that go into a calculated column. Also, the ability to see the columns that are dependent on the calculated column would h...
about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Trim Hierarchy Filters if all empty below a level (or provide an option)

If a hierarchy filter is "ragged" then it can look quite confusing to users to see levels such as (empty), (empty), (empty). Especially when using the filter to represent things like folder type structures. It would be great if the hierarchy fi...
about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

Capability to apply "TRIM" to multiple columns simultaneously

It would be useful to have a transformation that would apply the "TRIM" function to multiple columns at the same time. This is useful because when joining data tables, the text of the columns must match exactly. Therefore, TRIM is often applied to...
about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration