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    Fix the way Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query

    This is more of an issue/bug than an enhancement/idea. Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query with WHERE clause when it is not at all required. For example, if a visualization is showing a metric/measure such as Sal...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Cloud - Scheduled updates of data tables / files

    I am really missing the option to set scheduled updates / reloads for analysis files (and/or individual data tables) in Spotfire Cloud. If we had this feature, it would be a no-brainer to buy multiple licenses of Spotfire Cloud. I would just lik...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add hyperlinks directly to Information Designer objects in Document and Column Properties

    Can we add a hyperlink in the Data Table and Column Properties, which opens the Information Designer - and opens the object immediately. It is time consuming to copy the ID and search for the item, or navigate to the folder - especially as the Inf...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Access axis expressions of another visualization

    It would be great if one could bind axis expressions of one visualization to an axis expression of another expression (without using document properties). I'm aware that this could be done with document properties, however getting the syntax of a ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    A way to filter to empty values in a Range Filter

    The `RangeFilter` class has methods and properties to: - Set value range. - Include/exclude empty values. However, there is no way to filter to just the empty values.
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Treemap should allow Color by Categorial Values (without need for Aggregation method)

    Treemap is a very powerful visualisation for hierarchical data. I found it surprising, that for Color you always have to select an aggregation method. Color has to be a continuous value and cannot be a category. In other visulizations like bar cha...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Community page to share Dashboard designs and Iron Python scripts like Tableau Public

    We need to have a webpage to share new dashboard design ideas just like tableau has for tableau public. Its high time for all the Spotfire community people to have a common page to share dashboard on a common platform and download by one click rat...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Option to show custom application and document tools in any standard Spotfire menu

    As a developer or an administrator I want to show my custom tools in any native Spotfire menu, like File, Data or Help, or in a custom sub-menu below. This would give the flexibility to show custom functionality in more logical places when using ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    File Routing and/or Deny Open for Scheduled Updates Change

    We like having scheduled-updates.performance.deny-open-when-not-scheduled set to true in config.bat so that users don't try to open large cached analyses outside of their scheduled window. However, we also want to be able to route a specific file ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 2 Future Consideration

    Visualize months with single letter code

    When visualizing trends using binned dates it would definitely help to have the possibility to visualize a single letter code for months instead of the three letter codes. When all months are displayed it could help in optimizing the visualization.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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