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    Custom data functions should have same UI components (menu items) as custom data sources

    The recommendation from TIBCO support is to switch using custom data sources to custom data functions. Support provided the following link to show how this can be done: https://community.tibco.com/wiki/wrap-data-source-inside-data-function The mai...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Data function parameters 'all data' option when data limited using marking

    Data function parameters can be limited using markings but not all the options we are used to with data limiting on visualizations are available. I especially miss a 'if no data is marked use all data' option.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Future Consideration

    Use (In-memory) Visualizations as input to Data Functions

    WHAT: Enable the data currently displayed in a visualization to be sent to (any) Data Function, either automatically (when the visualization changes) or not. WHY: Much easier development of predictive analytic applications & easier ad hoc usa...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 3 Future Consideration

    Hide Data Function Scripts for Analyst Users

    It would be great to have a license setting to avoid the Data Function proprietary scripts from being exposed to certain groups of Analyst users, while allowing them to execute data functions. As for right now, even with the Register data function...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Data Function output column names should be Display Name

    When outputting a column from a data function, the column name is not the display name but rather the parameter name
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Show required packages in f(x) flyout

    At beginning of flyout, so user does not have to figure out by error and author does not need to enter in description as free text.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    record data function execution in user action log

    Please record data function execution in user action log, including both executed locally and on server. We have many customers running data functions (Python / R / TERR) on daily basis and many of them consume lots of system resources, aka CPU or...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Data Functions need to support native 'String List' type as inputs or outputs

    Spotfire's Data Funcitons are among the top differentiators from its competitor tools and I use them often to create very valuable and sophisticated user work-flows that takes a complex process and makes it seem trivial. In creating a specific wor...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Automatic Retries When Statistics Servers Are Too Busy to Respond to Status Requests

    When the Spotfire Analyst client or a Spotfire Web Player sends a job request to a Stats server, it polls the server every 10 seconds. If it doesn't hear back from it in 10 seconds, it kills the job. We think that it would be better behavior if it...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Default value for optional parameters in data functions

    When an optional parameter is used, I have to test in the data function whether the parameter is set using is.null() and assign it a default value. e.g. if(is.null(optPar)) {optPar = "something} because otherwise the code usually fails because you...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Scripting 0 Future Consideration
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