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Create links to items in Library

It would be nice to have "links" to items in the library. Just like links in a file system. Use case: We want to regulate access to certain analysis files. Now these might be grouped by project and as permissions are folder-wide, a folder needs to...
about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration

Allow custom orientation of hierarchical labels

Allow the ability to customize orientation of different labels that are stacked on each other, so that you can adjust each one for visibility. Allow the option for both horizontal or vertical for each level of labelling, and allow an angle to be p...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Support for Postgresql 11 as a data source, cache and data ship

We would like Composite to provide Datasource adapters for Postgres version 10 and 11. Currently we are unable to upgrade to the latest version because of this limitation and use the latest features including usage of datatypes like JSON and JSONB .
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources Future Consideration

Better visualise KPIs with direction on map with line thickness

Spotfire can show directions on a map: two points are connected with an arrow. Idea is to add to this the thickness of the line. Think of a Sankey diagram, but not on a circle, here it is shown on a map instead. This is ideal for showing movement ...
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization Future Consideration

Hierarchy respected in pdf report

the "Keep hierarchy levels together" option when creating a pdf report does not work with larger data sets. If we could get this to work properly that would be great. Please reference case # 2499288 for more detail.
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Export Future Consideration

Expose only certain columns in shared data connections

All columns of a data source are exposed on the connection. It is necessary to be able to expose only certain elements from a data source to users to build connections based on folder level security. Data connections is missing the abstraction lay...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

Add ability for on-demand query to Microsoft SSAS

This ability will allow the user to parameterize the data extract.
over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

Add Social Media Connectors

Ability to connect to Social media like Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Pinterest. This is useful for Marketing and category managers to measure effectiveness of the promotions and conduct sentiment analysis.
over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

Be able to determine which markers overlap with which features between two layers of a map

I often find shapefiles that I use as an overlay over markers plotted with lat/long from a different layer on a map. For instance, I might have complaints to the NYC 311 (with lat/long) service that I may want to overlay with police precincts (as ...
over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Mixed actions and multiple Script/DataFunction executions in text area action items

It would be nice if multiple scripts or data functions could be executed within one text area action item. In addition, being able to mix all types of actions would be good, for example first apply a bookmark, then execute a script, then navigate ...
over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting Future Consideration
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