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Add "Scan all Rows" to Import dialog for excel and text files - to improve column data type determination

Spotfire sometimes incorrectly guesses the data type for Excel and text files because it scans only a portion of the rows in the file. Well add an option so it scans the whole thing so we can get that data type right the first time! SPSS Modeler h...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

New Property Controls: Double List Box and Search Field for List Box Type

Double list box will allow users to easily select from a huge list of option items from the left box to the right box for non tech savvy users. Similar to multi select list box while users need to multi select (ctrl) items and it's not easy to dis...
about 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Open Table Visualization from Data Canvas preview

By clicking on the Data Table preview in Data Canvas, there should be an option to "edit" table. This simply can launch a Table Visualization where the existing cell editing capabilites are available. No new editing capabilities need for this Idea.
over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Access to dashboard with old db connection

There is a dashboard created a long time ago and the database connection is not accessible any more. We want to just take the dashboard and use it with a different database before we reach the DB, but as soon as we open the dashboard, the db cred...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 4 Future Consideration

Expose Connection Path for DataConnectionOperation Class

Request Expose Path to connection in library property for DataConnectionOperation Class. Background For DataSourceOperation Class, it has the GetDataFlow() method, which gives its path via DataSource.FilePath property; however, this is not availab...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

Set Document Properties using Action Controls

Ability to set a document property value as one of the actions in a series of actions as part of the action control. This may prove very useful to perform a series of currently available actions + execute python scripts on demand.
about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

A global API to force synchronous data-function execution

The default behavior for data-functions is to run asynchronously. In some cases, we need to force the data functions in an analysis to run synchronously. We truly need a global flag that can be set via API to force all data functions in the analys...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

Allow Preconfigured Library Shortcuts on Files and Data Flyout

Just as the Files and Data flyout contains a Spotfire Library and (optional) Data Catalog link, it would be ideal if administrators could pre-configure library searches (using existing library search functionality) and park them in the Files and D...
6 months ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

Add "Search" as Permission Level

Add another level of folder permission to control whether or not the contents of the folder will be included in library search results. This would allow library administrators to limit visibility to simplify searching (for ad-hoc, testing, archive...
6 months ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

Improve Map Chart Rendering Speed with Additional Control on Data Source Loading

Issue Using either Information Link and Data Connection as a Data Source, Map Chart will automatically try to load underlying data, even when said data layer is unchecked - i.e., set to hide. Goal For a data layer that is unchecked in a Map Chart,...
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Maps 0 Future Consideration