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    conceal the Python script source code within error notifications

    One of our customer wants to conceal the Python script source code within error notifications, in order to prevent it from being seen by end users.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Add the "pad" function

    I would like to see the PAD (and/or LPAD/RPAD) function added to Spotfire. This is a common string function in many other DBMSs and tools. Example use case:I had a data source with one column containing SEQUENCE (i.e. integer 1-15) and another col...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    add option to trust PyPI sites for installing python packages to Analyst

    Some of our customers are seeing below error when using Python Tools to manage python packages. (possible due to proxy server is enforcing SSL inspection on HTTS communications including PyPI) 2023-07-14T08:55:42,837+09:00 2023-07-13 23:55:42,837 ...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Unlikely to implement

    Surface Python warnings without having to enable debugging

    I think it would be very helpful for developing data functions if we could surface warnings without involving the debugging feature. Sometimes for instance there is a call to an API and that call may fail; one way of designing the code would be to...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Improve data type matching between R and Spotfire Data Engine

    Data types are a bit of an issue in Spotfire. The way it interacts with R is no exception. It's generally understandable that Spotfire tries to allocate different columns in any new dataset into different data types to facilitate visualization and...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Future Consideration

    Statistica Data Function should always be available

    Currently, in order to call a Statistica Data Function, a dataset needs to be open in Spotfire. Given that Statistica workspaces typically have their own datasets (either a data file or a Data Configuration/Query), this makes it confusing to first...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    model version by ModelOps in Spotfire

    now you can link a Modelops model from Spotfire by Spotfire UI, setting server, project, scoring flow and target environment. It would be very useful to have also the version, or, better, choose if a data function is linked to the published versio...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    move "Register data functions" to Data menu (spotfire X)

    move "Register data functions" to Data menu, just like "Manager data connections" and "Information designer".
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Hidden Tables should not show in data functions

    Unchecking “show in user interface” for a data table still allows the data table to show in the DF flyout
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Automatic Data Function package install

    Admin and/or Analyst option to automatically install required packages if they are missing at runtime of a data function
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration
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