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    Full ironpython support

    Many instances have been there where I want to use some Standard Python library functions but they are not available in IronPython that ships with Spotfire, but it runs perfectly well in standalone IronPython interpreter. Few Examples can be url, ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Add more date fields to Automation Services

    Customer would like to use more fields for date i.e.g {yyyymm} or {yyyy-mm} for only year and month, in addition to the existing {yyyymmdd} and {date}. The idea is to allow customize date or time fields, e.g. by combining yyyy and mm and dd to com...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Planning to implement

    Preserve Format into Excel files: Automation Services Job Builder "Export Data to File"

    SPF-I-24 "Export any table to Excel with preserved number formatting, layout and style." was implemented in Spotfire Analyst 14.0 LTS but also needs to be implemented for Automation Services Job Builder "Export Data to File" task. As of version 14...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    Expose Map Chart's Rendering Simplification in API

    Since map charts "abused" as non-geographical representations of multi-layered data are not just a unique selling point for Spotfire but also the most time consuming charts to configure it is especially helpful to build custom extensions or IronPy...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Retry failed jobs in Automation Services

    Currently if you run longer-lastig automation jobs you have the issue if anything goes wrong for the shortest amount of time (e.g. temporary network issue, issue with the drive where we export PDFs to etc) the complete job fails and there is no wa...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    Disable "Identify origin of rows" option by default

    Hello, When adding rows to a data table In the "Settings for added rows" menu, there is the option to "identify origin of rows", which is switched on by default. This creates a new column of type string, that includes the origin. However, the stri...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Option to route Data Connector traffic from Analyst over Spotfire Server to work with secure data stores

    Problem The Data Connector creates a direct connection from the Analyst or the Webplayer node to the data store, in contrast to information links as all is routed over the Spotfire Server. The Webplayer is in most cases located within an IT domain...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Labels outside the bars of a waterfall

    Currently the default Spotfire v7.6 waterfall visualization does not have the ability to place labels outside the bars. When there is a thin bar (as per the below visualization in the right side), labels are not displayed. The example on the left ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration

    Improved Performance Against Local File System

    Improve TDV performance when running queries against Local File System (such as CSV files in local file system). File-Delimited adapter Local File Storage adapter
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    Add confirmation prompt before deleting pages

    Similarly to Excel, we would like to add a prompt that asks for confirmation before deleting a page, as at the moment there isn't one when in Editing mode.
    6 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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