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    Set a default custom theme for new DXP files

    We would like a default visual theme for analyses specified by the administrator. Themes should be stored separately in the Spotfire library and changed in one place. This would make it easier to keep analyses look and feel consistent and reduce t...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration

    Create Local Administrators, so that Analysts can manage access to their libraries

    We would like to give Spotfire Analysts the responsibility to add users and/or user groups themselves, so they can manage their own user groups and/or library permissions. Looking at the differences of the Administrator and Analyst Licenses the pe...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    allow to discard automatically detected name row when importing data from excel

    We learnt from support that I quote, Spotfire automatically identifies the first row containing only string values and uses it as the name row. Currently, this behavior cannot be modified when importing an Excel file. For example if we have a exce...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 To be Reviewed
    184 VOTE

    Table and column auto-width, min-width and in-column search

    Currently tables in Spotfire look very ugly, not user friendly, have static widths and always laden with scrollbars and no built-in search functionality. Our users didn't want to use them. If you look at jQuery dataTables as an example of what a m...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration
    182 VOTE

    Better support of web services

    When you need to consume data from a web service in Spotfire there are different options like implementing a custom data source, develop an Iron Python script, use an R script on your Stats server or use something like Composite or Jboss Teiid tha...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 5 Future Consideration

    Support custom formatting when exporting visualizations to Excel

    Currently, when custom formatting is configured in a visualization (e.g., a cross table) and exported to Excel, the formatting is not retained. Please add a functionality to ensure that the Excel export matches exactly what is displayed inside Spo...
    4 months ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire AI MCP server

    I would like to be able to use the Spotfire Library, and Spotfire applications through MCP. This includes doing most things I can do from the Spotfire UI, but through an AI application integrated with Spotfire using MCP. I should be able to see th...
    5 months ago in Spotfire 0 Likely to implement

    Azure Analysis Services Authentication Support OAuth2

    Currently, the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services / Microsoft Azure Analysis Services connector only supports authentication methods: Windows authentication OR Username and password. The (now deprecated) Custom Spotfire® Connector to Azure SQL...
    22 days ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Hide the Actual Password in Saved Credentials Settings

    When a connection data source has saved credentials, the password field may display dots corresponding to the actual password length. If the actual password is retained in the field, users may be able to reveal it using external tools. We would l...
    22 days ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Custom and Flexible Sizing for KPI Chart Tiles

    Description: Currently, tile dimensions in KPI Charts are auto-calculated with limited manual sizing controls, making it difficult to achieve a precise grid layout. Requested Feature: Add options to freely specify custom tile width, height, or asp...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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