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    Identifying Datatypes importing .csv file.

    If columns in .csv file have empty cells, they are identified as "String" automatically when the first 101 cells are empty (or null), and any other value e.g a real value after that cell Spotfire will still consider the data type "String" while it...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add method in IronPython API to export visualization (as-is) to Excel

    Currently, the CreateDataWriter method is available to export to Excel (reference); however, this export strips any formatting in the underlying visualization - e.g., Table. Spotfire v14.x offers an in-UI feature to export visualizations, as-is (r...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Columns in tables: technical name and description

    Changing columns name is sometimes painful. Those included in expression or document properties get messy.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Action logs entries for arg2 column are truncated at 400 characters

    When using PostgreSQL and Oracle DB for spotfire action logs we have observed that the log entries for arg2 column are truncated at 400 characters. We tried changing the arg2 field to text datatype in the database via database creation scripts pro...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Clear marking in response to filtering

    Scenario Data Table with 2 rows, with 1 row marked. A filter is applied such that the marked row is filtered out; however, marking persists. Goal Clear marking for those rows that are affected by applied filter without the use of Data Function/Scr...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Smooth data on Line Charts

    Add capability to smooth data on line charts to more easily see trends. Algorithms such as Loess and / or Spline fits can be used. Right-click option would be nice
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Make Data Wrangling tool like Tibco Data Science flows and similar tools like Knime or Pentaho Data Integration

    To make the data wrangling tool more easy to understand how the data change it would be nice to have flows like Data Science or other tools with this approach, like Knime or Pentaho. Tableau do that in Data Prep. Other possibility it´s to make the...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    More control with Scheduled Updates - Allow to Pause, Add an Option to NOT trigger them after server/application pool restarts

    Every time a server is restarted (scheduled or unscheduled), it triggers the re-load of the analysis files in the Scheduled Updates. When analyses use large data tables, it takes a long time to run the updates, and when the re-start happens close ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 5 Future Consideration

    Make a Property's DisplayName usable in custom expressions

    When using properties in custom expressions, one can only use the value of the property, not the DisplayName. This would be extremely useful to allow interaction with the DisplayName, particularly when using Expressions in Properties.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Overlaying a normal distribution on a histogram

    I am having issues replicating this kind of graph from Minitab in Spotfire. I want to show two unique histograms and then overlay the normal distribution curve. Any ideas? Attaching the minitab graph here. The lines and curves section in histogram...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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