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    Using Open source Octave as an alternative to Matlab

    I been working with a programing tool called Octave. The language is almost identical to basic Matlab. The discriminating difference is that Octave is open source and free. Octave offers similar performance efficiencies to Matlab.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Leave aliases once set, even after unchecking them in the grid panel

    If a column with an alias is unchecked in the grid panel, the alias will disappear. Please see the attached file for details. This is inconvenient because if the column is checked again, the alias must be set again. I hope this will be improved.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / development 0 To be Reviewed

    Delimiter options for Automation Services Data Export

    From within Automation Services, we can currenly only export to CSV using the Comma or Semi-Colon delimiter. Having more delimiter options would be incredibly useful for us - especially the ability to use the Pipe ( | ) delimiter.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Enable mass rename of columns during the transform data process

    Multiple data tables are often joined using the "Add as columns to" option. Often, the data sets being appended have the same value column names (ex. $, $ YA, Units, Units YA) which results in the subsequent data value columns having ([%C (n)]) or...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add Rules Node to User View or create a Workspace Search feature

    I understand the User View isn't meant for someone to make edits to important calculation. However, we have a large workspace with a whole bunch of formulas in Rules nodes. When we need to make quick edits for the workspace it's nearly impossible ...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 To be Reviewed

    Sort the search results in "Analytics" view

    When searching for analyses in the new Analytics view in Spotfire X you get the search results in a random order and you are missing the ability to sort or filter the search results. That would be necessary to dig through the search results in a b...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Use List Document Property in SQL "IN" Statement within Custom Expressions

    It would be useful to be able to pass a list type document property (e.g. "String List", "Date List", etc...) into a SQL "IN" statement in a custom expression or calculated column. This can then be used to provide input for options for consumer us...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 3 Future Consideration

    Auto Scroll table plot to always show first marked row in visible area

    Need an option to always show first marked row in a table plot. Currently, the marked rows may be in the invisible area of the table plot. Users have to manually scroll to find them ... providing an automatic scrolling would be great.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Statistica's help menu should have a Web version

    If you were to look up in Google if a Statistical test is possible in Statistica, you only get results from other sites including JMP but not Statistica since we don't have our help documentation online . See Attached. This is a low hanging fruit ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    show boxplot x axis column name on the top left corner of statistics table

    Please add option to show boxplot x axis column name on the left top corner of statistics table. See attached screenshot. Using annotation may achieve similar but it's difficult to adjust the position, text size, box border, etc.
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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