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    Allow triggering a customTool with prompt from IronPython on the web player

    Currently a custom tool can be called from an IP script on the web player. However, prompting is simply ignored. Please implement an API that enables this scenario.
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Fix the way Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query

    This is more of an issue/bug than an enhancement/idea. Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query with WHERE clause when it is not at all required. For example, if a visualization is showing a metric/measure such as Sal...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Stored procedures via Tibco Data Virtualization connector (CIS connector)

    Currently stored procedures or parametrized queries published from data virtualization do not show up in Spotfire using the DV connector. Would be great to have this functionality and integration between DV and Spotfire. Also referring support tic...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add hyperlinks directly to Information Designer objects in Document and Column Properties

    Can we add a hyperlink in the Data Table and Column Properties, which opens the Information Designer - and opens the object immediately. It is time consuming to copy the ID and search for the item, or navigate to the folder - especially as the Inf...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Add primary keys to the cache management table DDL generation in TDV Studio

    Customer: Qualcomm This idea is important for the team as they are using MYSQL data source as the cache target that was enabled for "Group replication" - in this scenario, any insert statements that were being run by TDV for cache refresh which in...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 To be Reviewed

    Random Sample data as Transformation option

    Don't think this is currently possible. Currently, to do a random sample, I create a calculated column for random value like Rand(1). Then I filter the data to my sample size (e.g. I filter out 0.0 to 0.7 if I want a random sample that's 30% of th...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 5 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Community page to share Dashboard designs and Iron Python scripts like Tableau Public

    We need to have a webpage to share new dashboard design ideas just like tableau has for tableau public. Its high time for all the Spotfire community people to have a common page to share dashboard on a common platform and download by one click rat...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Folder structure to organize different map layers

    It would be really helpful if there was a folder structure to organize different map layers for end-users to easily navigate between layers. For example, a user could organize State Roads, State Property, State Parks layers into a folder called 'S...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Cloud - Scheduled updates of data tables / files

    I am really missing the option to set scheduled updates / reloads for analysis files (and/or individual data tables) in Spotfire Cloud. If we had this feature, it would be a no-brainer to buy multiple licenses of Spotfire Cloud. I would just lik...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Enable indents for HTML script in the textarea

    Improve the visibility and clean coding of the HTML script in the textarea. When you safe a structured HTML script with indents the indent information is all lost and makes it hard to edit the HTML again.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration
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