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    118 VOTE

    Calculated Columns that Filter With Data

    Calculated Columns are powerful but often not useful if they don't recalculated based on filtered data. We've developed scrips to flag filtered records and calculate over that flag but this requires the user to click a button every time they filte...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    Hide stats table headers when using (vertical) category axis labels in box plots

    There is a new feature allowing to have vertical labels in box plots but when combined with showing a stats table there is no way of getting rid off the horizontally oriented stats table headers. Not only is this duplicated information consuming p...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire keychain credentials and password manager

    Spotfire should provide a native keychain credentials and password manager so that I don't need to remember passwords to all connector data sources.
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 4 Future Consideration
    116 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...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 5 Future Consideration
    103 VOTE

    Allow changing grand total and subtotal names in cross tabs.

    Would like ability to change the name of the Grand Total/Subtotal columns and rows in a crosstab. Perhaps add a variable or expression to show what the subtotal is referring to, e.g. Subtotal Product.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    High DPI support

    When using the Spotfire Analyst client on High DPI screens now it runs in high DPI compatibility mode: all pixels are scaled to larger pixels. Adding native high DPI support would allow the visual splendor of Spotfire to shine so much brighter. Wi...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Support for Secure Database Connectivity through Chakra MX in Spotfire Information Link

    Hello Spotfire, Currently, Spotfire Information Links (IL) require a direct JDBC connection from the Spotfire Server to the underlying database (e.g., Oracle). However, many modern enterprise environments governed by strict security policies—like ...
    about 1 month ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 To be Reviewed

    Limit system resource (CPU, memory, RAM, etc.) an analysis may consume

    Provide the ability to set maximum limits on the system resources (CPU, memory, RAM, etc.) that an analysis running on Spotfire Server may consume. This will prevent individual analyses from consuming all available resources and making the server ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Decouple Database Selection from Data Source

    When creating a Data Source, most Connectors currently include the selection of a Database and the Schema Browser shows just the Tables in the chosen Database. It would be preferable to just set the server cection details and then list all availab...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Don't execute data functions when required input data is empty

    Many data functions you want triggered from markings. However, when nothing is marked, empty inputs are sent to the DF which causes errors. So you have to create specific error handling code for TERR to detect # rows for input and send out empty d...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 4 Future Consideration
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