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    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Add ability to apply hotfixes in a serverless environment

    In the current setup, the only way to apply a hotfix to the Spotfire Analyst desktop client is by logging into a Spotfire Server instance where the hotfix is deployed and then accepting the updates. For those with a serverless Spotfire setup this ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Planning to implement

    Visualize months with single letter code

    When visualizing trends using binned dates it would definitely help to have the possibility to visualize a single letter code for months instead of the three letter codes. When all months are displayed it could help in optimizing the visualization.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Support AWS S3 for Spotfire library import/export path

    Currently Spotfire config tool provides only options for configuring Library import/export path for windows local folder or a file share path. Given the instances are not domain joined, can't configure a central file location for all spotfire serv...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration
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