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    Support for Secure Database Connectivity through Chakra MX in Spotfire Information Link

    Hello Spotfire, Currently, Spotfire Information Links (IL) require a direct JDBC connection from the Spotfire Server to the underlying database (e.g., Oracle). However, many modern enterprise environments governed by strict security policies—like ...
    7 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 To be Reviewed

    record data function execution in user action log

    Please record data function execution in user action log, including both executed locally and on server. We have many customers running data functions (Python / R / TERR) on daily basis and many of them consume lots of system resources, aka CPU or...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Provide function to open/close filter panel using javascript api and not just when the container is initialized, just like export to pdf

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    over 3 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration

    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 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Enable table reload with prompt from IronPython in Web player

    Table reload is available to be triggered as a script in the client, the same is not available on the web. This leads for inconsistent report design and the need to try and train users to access the menu for reload but can configure action buttons...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 3 Future Consideration

    Alias Columns in Information Designer Using Custom SQL

    I've noticed that on occasions where I'm required to use custom SQL in my information links that I'm unable to alias the column names. I'm all for renaming columns within a DXP, but several of my users share information links. This can become cumb...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Web Player - Scheduler to restart Node Manager services

    As per current way the Web Player works, images are cached in analyses and not refreshed. The only way to get an updated image would be to restart the service. The scheduler would then restart the Web Player service in question in order to get upd...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Export Conversations

    I'm designing a dashboard and the team using it will be making a lot of notes with the Conversation tool. The team hasn't asked for this yet, but it would be great if the conversations from dashboards could be exported into something along the lin...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Export 5 Future Consideration

    API for changing custom query

    Please add API function that can be called by e.g. an IronPython script to custom query and reload again
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Range filter slider with Non-Linear Step Size

    If data is not linearly distributed, it would be very useful to be able to select a slider that enables one to move across the entire range of data (e.g. if there is a higher density of data on the order of 1e2 units and a lower density at 1e10 un...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire 2 Future Consideration
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