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Data Function New vs Insert

Merge register new with insert as it can be confusing to users. The process of registering a data function and then clicking run to embed it isn't as intuitive as it could be for new users. Could we remove this step somehow?
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Seamless Edit of Data functions in RStudio

Will copy script and data objects into RStudio for ease of debugging
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Enable Setting `NA_character_` in Data Function Parameter

Goal Programmatically set the value of input parameter (String type) in Data Function as NA_character_. Concept Use SetInput() method in DataFunctionInputCollection to set execMode parameter (refer to .png) before executing Data Function. Current ...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Add multiple scripts to action controls or calculated values

Users of TIBCO Spotfire are constantly looking for ways to trigger one script after the other. There are work arounds for that to "chain" these scripts or data function. The idea is to merge these scripts and data functions as part of the I was th...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Actions / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Data function does not have option to enable/disable prompting

Unlike tables from data sources, the data tables from data functions have their 'Prompt for new settings before loading' check box disabled. This means that we have no real control on when a data function prompts users for new settigns! It would b...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Add option to data functions for marking filters to send all data when no marking applied

Often we use markings to run data functions on-demand as a user interactions with visuals and data. We may also combine this with a filter scheme. However, the data function gets sent no data when there is no marking, resulting in an error being r...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Percentile() - allow different calculation types (as in TERR) for calculated columns

TERR allows 3 discrete and 6 continuos calculation variants for quantile() which ends in different results. It can be controlled by optional 3rd parameter. Default value is 7. However expression language used for calculated columns only supports t...
over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Allow Data Functions to Return Notifications

With Data Functions being more easily exposed via the side bar and other mechanisms, it would be beneficial to have the option of passing notifications back to the Spotfire Notification window. Currently, only certain errors are capture and return...
almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 1 Future Consideration

Webplayer need a function to get current date based on user's location regardless of webplayer server's timezone

As of now webplayer user gets data time functions return current date and time based on the server time where the webplayer is hosted. This causes issue if the users and webplayer server are in different time zone. For example today() function cal...
almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

Add ISOYear to BinByDateTime

Usefulness: Using the current BinByDateTime expression, users can create a continuous X-axis in visualisations for Year>>Month, Year>>Quarter, etc. This isn't possible for Year>>Week, as for instance January 3rd of 2021 belongs t...
about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration