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    Box Plot transparency for outliers only

    When adjusting the transparency of box plots (in Visualization Properties > Appearance), this should apply only to outlier points and not box itself. Transparency is useful for seeing when multiple points overlap. I'm less interested in making ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    add API to load data via data connectors

    Please add API to load data via data connectors, similar to Spotfire.Dxp.Data.Import.InformationLinkDataSource but usin data connectors. Currently below API is for loading data from database using the old technology(not recommened any more) Spotf...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Improve metadata loading performance in the Google BigQuery connector

    When a user has access to many projects with many tables in Google BigQuery it may take a long time to list all the tables when configuring a connection in Spotfire. This is somewhat mitigated by turning of the setting Connectors > Google BigQu...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    retain library id when copy and paste to overwite a library item

    We'd like to have an option to retain library id when copy and paste to overwite a library item. e.g. when copy file "/folderA/file1" to folder "/folderB/" which already has file1 in it, a dialog is prompt to select how to deal with duplication, i...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Pass Parameters while connecting to Odata using Odata Connector

    Odata Connector currently doesnt allow passing paramters in to the URL, it would be nice to have the functionality out of the box to be able to filter the data while loading into spotfire
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 4 Future Consideration

    ironpython api reference documentation in python

    The API documentation to understand parameters and methods are in C# and is not python friendly. Is it possible to have another comprehensive resource just like it but in python?
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Cross Table Sticky Row Header Text

    In cross tables, when there are multiple levels on the vertical axis and a lot of content so that the user needs to scroll vertically, the content of the top levels might scroll out of the displayed content. There should be an option (or default) ...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Action logs entries for arg2 column are truncated at 400 characters

    When using PostgreSQL and Oracle DB for spotfire action logs we have observed that the log entries for arg2 column are truncated at 400 characters. We tried changing the arg2 field to text datatype in the database via database creation scripts pro...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    configure number of rows that can be shown on the screen or minimum size of trellis header when trellis by row

    Please add option to configure number of rows that can be shown on the screen when trellis by row, the rows after that can be seen when scrolling down. Doing trellis by page with manual layout (1 columns, X rows) can do similar but in this case it...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Multiple language support in visualization mods

    It should be possible to have support for multiple languages in a visualization mod. The mod developer should be able to add text resources for multiple languages for UI texts used in the manifest or JavaScript code. It would be nice if existing p...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration
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