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    Tagging/grouping of data functions in f(x) browse

    Be able to group and/or tag data functions into collapsible groups. Would be nice to be able to control the icons and have language indicated automatically. This would make it easier to access and find data functions.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Full customization of tooltips

    Font size, font type, font style, colors, transparency should all be customizable.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Connect multiple visualizations together into a single tile

    Doing this should also reduce the padding between visuals, allowing the display of complex multivariate information without worry of resizing issues on page. New, interesting visuals could be created this way
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    speed up csv load

    Attached screenshot indicates that csv file load is much slower than stdf or sbdf. It makes sense that sbdf is fast because it's binary, however we didn't expect stdf is almost as fast as sbdf. Since both csv and stdf are text files and the size o...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Greenplum Connector : add SSL option

    Currently, when we use the Pivotal Greenplum connector in Spotfire, there is no way to specify the use of SSL. And it is by default "No SSL". For security reasons, our Greenplum database is set to use SSL. The dedicated Pivotal Greenplum connector...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Enable Setting `NA_character_` in Data Function Parameter

    Goal Programmatically set the value of input parameter (String type) in Data Function as NA_character_. Concept Use SetInput() method in DataFunctionInputCollection to set execMode parameter (refer to .png) before executing Data Function. Current ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Add method in IronPython API to export visualization (as-is) to Excel

    Currently, the CreateDataWriter method is available to export to Excel (reference); however, this export strips any formatting in the underlying visualization - e.g., Table. Spotfire v14.x offers an in-UI feature to export visualizations, as-is (r...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to change the connections from the logon screen

    When moving from Spotfire 7.11 to Spotfire 7.13 and beyond (including 10), connecting to Azure SQL could not connect because the default selection (which is grayed out on the log on screen) could not be changed so that users can connect to the tem...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Filtering Scheme Improvements

    Right now, the default filter type is often inconvenient. For instance, if a column has more than 3 unique options, a check box filter is not my preferred filter type. So, I have to go through and manually set all the filter types to my preferred ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 2 Future Consideration

    Highlight all related data on visualizations on one-to-many relations)

    Scenario Two data tables have a Relation on a common column, as well as Column Match. When mouse hovers on a data point/row in a Scatter and Table visualizations respectively, a separate Line Chart responds by spotlighting the corresponding data (...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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