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    Feed prompted information links via simple query string in the URL

    it would be great if prompted information links could be fed values by appending values to the report url as a set of name/value pairs. No need for JavaScript API. This would allow external applications to link directly to reports and to tailor th...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 9 Already exists

    Allow filled vs hollow markers

    Is it feasible to control whether a marker is filled or hollow? I understand from tech support that it's not. It would be useful for highlighting certain data, particularly if it could be used for marked rows.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Already exists

    Make R instance created by COMadaptR visible

    I am using the COMadaptR library to run R scripts in customized SVB macros. For debugging purposes it is necessary to either make the R instance created by COMadaptR visible, or let COMadaptR connect to an existing (and visible) R instance.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    add capability to allow file I/O access

    Please add capability to allow file I/O under management. We have seen lots of use cases that utilize IronPythonscripts (possibly migrate to action mods in the future) to export data to csv, load data from csv, export pdf to file, etc.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add Connectivity to Canary Data Historian

    As an oil & gas client, we collect millions of data points from field/plant automation points through Cygnet and store data in the Canary data historian - a NoSQL timeseries database. Canary suggests using the ODBC driver to connect to Spotfir...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Request for adding a new scatter plot that allows the marker rectangle to be resized to any size

    At the request of a semiconductor manufacturer user, please implement a new visualization or additional scatter plot functionality so that the following scatter plots can be created. Specify the center position of the marker as in a scatter plot M...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    add Linq support to Action Mod API

    Please add Linq support to Action Mod API to increase productibility when manipulating IEnumerable objects.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Unlikely to implement

    Spotfire dxp version history feature comments

    If the version history function is currently turned on, you can turn off the version history function for each dxp. However, on the other hand, when the version history function is turned off, the version history function cannot be turned on fo...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Dynamic Sets (Top N and Grouping Others)

    I would like to request enhanced support for dynamic sets in Spotfire.Specifically, I am looking for improved functionality to dynamically display the details of the top N items in a bar chart and group the remaining items as "Others" based on a s...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Better more sophisticated configuraguration options in line from Data Table when adding reference lines from secondary data table

    It would be useful for trellis plots to be able to configure a more sophisticated look up mechanism than is currently available in creating reference lines from a secondary data table. Currently the only solution that seems to work for this partic...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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