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    Fix API that detects Spotfire is closing

    The following API in Spotfire application.Exiting(...) is supposed to fire when Spotfire is exiting. This would allow us to do any necessary cleanups before Spotfire dies. But unfortunatly, this API is not working. The workaround is to use either ...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Process response data from external actions

    Add the ability to process response data from external actions. The data can be used as input to visualizations, further data loading and other analytical tasks, enabling application developers to expand applications containing actions, e.g. reloa...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Actions 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire to support opening excel files generated by openpyxl

    Hi I have a python script where it will export excel using 'openpyxl' library, the exported file is normal excel and cen be opened in excel without issue. But when opened in Spotfire, it will prompt for error tha format is incorrect. I hope this c...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    More flexibility to edit Details on Demand

    would be nice to have more flexibility to edit details on demand information, like this: - an easy way to change the columns order/list (like we do in "organizer filters") - Include a new column after the selected column instead of include at end ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Specific filter for a visualization displayed on the visualization itself

    For example, rather than include a filter in a text area, there could be a pop up filter available for a specific visualization. For example, click on filter icon to display a date range filter for a specific line chart displaying date values on t...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    SQL trusted authentication - forbid to create datasource against the spotfire metadata DB

    When Spotfire is configured with trusted Authentication for access the Spotfire metadata DB, it is possible to create a datasource pointing to the same metadata DB also without having the credentails of the service account used for the MSSQL DB co...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    Customize the 'updating' spinning animation

    We would like to be able to substitute the default spinning that is shown when a visualization is being updated by an animation chosen by us. Sometimes the original spinning can be too subtle for the user.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Pie chart legend with percentage

    Sometimes there are too much slices and the labels are shown overlapping. In these scenarios it would be nice to have the option to show the percentages (or values) in the legend next to the slices's names.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Withhold Scheduled reports in cache during upgrades / server restarts

    When ever we restart Spotfire Server or after an upgrade of Spotfire , all the scheduled reports starts loading automatically and they take some time to finish . So it would be good if the reports are not lost and are cached when server restart or...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 2 Future Consideration

    Dynamically Update Column Name based upon a value in a Document Property Control.

    For doing ratios and conversions, it would be helpful to dynamically update the column name for ease of reference. For example, doing a 6:1 conversion the user would enter in 6 in the property control and the "6" would show up on the Column Name (...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
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