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    do not run TERR/Python service inside a container by default if Node Manager is already running inside a container

    TERR/Python service on Linux is by default running inside a container which means if docker is not installed then the instance can't start. This is true even when deploying Node Manager inside a container, in this case TERR doesn't have to run ins...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 6 Future Consideration

    Download Containers for Script

    Problem Statement There have been many situations where Developers were asked to generate some kind of file dynamically(Formatted Excel, PDF from Data Function, Images generated from scripts, Word Reports etc.). Mostly it is easy to do so, but pro...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 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...
    almost 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...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    add option to turn off automatic column categorization (NUMBERS, CATEGORIES)

    When loading csv file into Analyst, some columns are categorized as "CATEGORIES" automatically even its data type is numeric (Integer, Real, etc.). As far as I know, these columns all have names ending with "mode" or "type", etc. Generally, if col...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow transformations for external (in-db) data tables

    One should have the possibility to define transformations on data canvas for external (in-db) tables. Also a possibility to review the data should be possible.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Do not automatically generate cluster columns after dendrogram clustering in heat map

    I find it a bit annoying that cluster membership columns are automatically generated if I calculate dendrograms in a heatmap. I do this in order to group the rows/columns, not to calculate clusters. There should be an option to inactivate the colu...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Rename multiple columns should be more efficient

    Only a single column can be-named in each column renaming step. This should be possible for several columns in the same way one can change the column type for columns with a single transformation.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Show progress bar when opening a dashboard

    For dashboards where a large volume of data is loaded, it would be helpful if the user could see a progress bar and an estimate of time remaining.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 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
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