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    Action Log should track file saves to file system (non Library)

    Thank you for allowing us to track file creations to the Library - we get a better sens of our important users - authors. Lots of users just save their Spotfire files tot he file system, however, and we do not know who they are and cannot engage t...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Library 3 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Improve the 'Match Columns' window

    It would be very useful in some cases to be able to see columns statistics (the same information available in the Data analysis flyout) from the "old" and "new" data. This would help to make a decision on which columns should be matched when the c...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Add functionality to read XML body from files in File - XML datasource

    We have multiple collections of XML files that are all of the same XML schema. These files are accesed through the File - XML datasource. Currently, processing XML files from this source requires that a transformation is defined on each file. That...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement

    Support for User Identity Propagation in Python/R Data Functions with OAuth

    Our users have expressed a need for a more secure and convenient way to access OAuth protected resources through Python and R data functions within Spotfire. Currently, they are limited to hardcoding secrets or utilizing the OAuth client credentia...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Likely to implement

    allow hidden item in axis

    Many customers asked to set sort order on an axis by defined orders. For example for string column, a custom sort order can be specified on it and changes sort order arbitrarily, however if there are too many unique values custom sort oder can not...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Selection of a line in a table

    We'd like to integrate into a table the ability to select a line without it being highlighted by the marking's color, in order to preserve the visibility of the original text color, similar to the effect obtained when hovering the mouse over the t...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire CheckBoxHierarchyFilter Get/Set element by API

    It is not possible to get/set the selection done on hierarchy filter from Python. We often use to have two cluster on the same dataset. My aim is to copy the selection done on a Filter (with hierarchy type) from a DataTable to the same filter on o...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add EOMONTH (end of month) calculation function

    EOMONTH() is a common Excel function because in many cases, users (all Oil & Gas industry) need to compute information based off the end of the month. Currently a typical user will not know how to compute the End of the Month using formulas be...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Support scalar stored procedures

    Currently a stored procedure needs to return a table with at least one column in order for Spotfire to create the stored procedure element in Information designer. In Databases like Snowflake, we can have stored procs that only return a scalar val...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Add 'Description' field within the 'Add calculated column' window

    When several calculated columns need to be added, it would be great to have the possibility to have the column Description (available from Data -> Column properties) field available as shown in the attached screenshot. When the column is added ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration
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