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    Log Grid Lines - minor grid lines and Log10 scale labels

    We need more control over how grid lines displayed on graphs. For example, in EXCEL you have major and minor grid lines and complete control over how they display. I want to have a Log10 scale graph that shows the normal Log10 scale, but Spotfire ...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 8 Planning to implement

    Preserve Format into Excel files: Automation Services Job Builder "Export Data to File"

    SPF-I-24 "Export any table to Excel with preserved number formatting, layout and style." was implemented in Spotfire Analyst 14.0 LTS but also needs to be implemented for Automation Services Job Builder "Export Data to File" task. As of version 14...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Native conversion function for date in ISO 8601 format

    There is no current built in function to convert a string containing a date in ISO 8601 format. Could TIBCO create this conversion function? This would avoid using substrings and DateTime. Thank you for your consideration.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    Enable a command line option to detect if a Tibco Spotfire area is updated, to get the list of packages of the area and to upgrade a single WebPlayer instance

    We create spotfire extensions and we test them in WebPlayer automatically using selenium, but right now we cannot detect if a given area is updated, get the list of packages in the area or update a WebPlayer instance automatically, so we cannot in...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 3 Future Consideration

    Customization of Labels and Zooming on Maps

    Map Labels - If the user wants to place labels above data points on a map, sometimes the locations Spotfire chooses end up covering other data points or making the map look too busy. It would be ideal to allow the user to click and drag on the lab...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Add possibility to dynamically change the display names of properties (eg. axes name)

    The names of axes of a mod are defined in the manifest file, and displayed on the left hand side in the property dialog. Sometimes it is however useful to be able to change these names to be more appropriately named for a specific the project (wit...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Vertical lines with categorical x-axis

    I am creating financial charts, and would like to add vertical lines at certain dates. This is only available if the x-axis is set to 'Continuous', but my financial data does not contain data for weekends/holidays, and setting to 'Continuous' fill...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Copy Text Area Visualizations

    Need to add the ability to right-click and "Copy Visualization" for Text Areas, just like you can for all other visualization types. Right now, if you'd like to re-use a text area (e.g. a custom filter section or title block), you have to right cl...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Add "Column Property" to the menu when clicking on the column name

    This would avoid multiple clicks, and other keyboard inputs to reach the column properties dialog (located under the Data menu). This would be mainly for Table visualizations, but could also be beneficial in other visualizations. See screenshot fr...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    allow to configure processor affinity for WP/AS on machines with more than 64 logical processors

    As per the support case 2568917, configuring processor affinity for WP/AS is only supported on machines with a maximum of 64 logical processors. <performance> <!-- Configuration related to containers. The runningInside flag is used to ena...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
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