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    Improve JDBC Query operators and Data constructs

    Query JDBC operator should behave/look as close as it could to "In memory tables". One case is the one stated in "SB-44976 JDBC Query Op Output Settings cannot use aggregate expressions" . Another would be that for an In Memory table we can define...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 0 Unlikely to implement

    adjust visualization width/height by API

    Please allow to adjust visualization width/height by API. Also please expose API to lock visualization, i.e. allow to use API to do the same as what can be done via menu "Visualization" => "Arrange Visualization" => "Lock visualization area".
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Allow access to HttpServletResponse from the custom authentication APIs

    We currently use the Authentication Filter capability (which has been deprecated) of Spotfire to implement a couple of features that don't appear to be possible with the CustomAuthenticator API: In certain situations we'll redirect the browser to...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Future Consideration

    Spotfire as a Service

    Spotfire Web should behave as a service. We should be able to load and query a Spotfire analysis via an external API and query it for data, results from aggregated visualisations, visualisation images, etc.. This means that we would be able to use...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to programmatically determine what objects are included in a cache policy.

    Using a policy has exponentially reduced the time to complete the full cache refresh (from ~ 3 hours to just over 1 hour). However, there is no way to determine which views/objects have been added to a policy, thus managing the cache refresh proce...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to increase header size of DE Input for specifically for Characteristic/Label

    It would be helpful to \increase the characteristic/label header length alone (so it doesn't warp to 2 lines, see screenshot) without increasing the input area without having to increase it globally for all DES via application settings.
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    Remove the selected columns from 'Available Columns' in 'Select Columns' window

    when selecting multiple columns it would be much easier if the already selected columns will not appear in the 'available columns' list
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 1 Already exists

    Japanese-language display of two new color schemes in Spotfire version 12

    In Spotfire version 12, two new color schemes are available, but I would like to improve the Japanese translation of them in the Japanese version of Spotfire. Currently, it is written as "accessible". But the correct meaning is "easy to see" or "...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    A more customizable Gantt chart for scheduling

    Currently you can only have one start/end for a task and not a start/end for multiple tasks. A view like the one below would be very helpful.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    improve spotfireconfigtool

    There is a known issue with spotfireconfigtool. https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Error-while-running-the-spotfireconfigtool-Unable-to-determine-the-location-of-the-server-installation-directory-tomcat-webapps-spotfire-WEB-INF-directory Please i...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
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