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    Password protected dxp files

    As dxp files get distributed with embedded data it is becoming more and more critical to have a way to secure it in case it falls in the wrong hands. We would like to have a way to associate a password with a dxp file so that when someone tries to...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Load lists and files from SharePoint Online and Webserver

    Spotfire should be able to open lists and files from SharePoint Online and for example from http://servername/test.xls. If we were able to link the server name as a mapped folder, you can make it work, but otherwise you need to download all the fi...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Clearer recommended, tested and documented robust upgrade and migration paths

    The problem is that there is a lack of solid boundaries around the upgrade process. The product allows you to "upgrade" a few different ways. You can either directly upgrade using the documented procedure, or you can do a clean install of a newer ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 1 Future Consideration

    Improve the upgrade process (reuse existing configuration)

    It would be great if the Web Player upgrade process could be more of an upgrade (e.g. the existing WP installation is updated using the UpgradeTool), and not like today, where you basically install a new Web Player and then manually transfer setti...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 0 Future Consideration

    Fiscal week method

    The customer would like to be able to use fiscal week in addition to the other fiscal options
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to hide refresh arrows in title bar

    I have had several users request the ability to hide the "refresh arrows" that appear in a title bar when using on demand data or data functions. In these use cases, the author of the project has put the refresh capability into a button, and they ...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Data Usage Metrics: adding information regarding queries submitted to data sources

    Data Usage Metrics have information mostly from a view point of client session, such as session status, requests and resources. If it had information related to queries submitted to data sources, as such the Query Execution Statistics has, it w...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / monitoring 0 Likely to implement

    Editable fields in table visualizations

    It is often useful to annotate a table visualization with notes at the row level.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Maximize canvas programmatically

    Hi, It would be great to have a hotkey or toggle option to utilize in the Spotfire Analyst that mimics the View> Maximize Canvas feature, using an IronPython Script. The "F11" key helps entering full screen mode, however it doesn't do the same ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    allow to add custom tool into native Tools menu with more than 2 hierarchy

    Our customer wants to add custom tool into native Tools menu like, native Tools menu => SubFolder(e.g company name) => SubSubFolder(e.g. tool category) => CustomTool_here Currently only below 2 option are available. (1) native Tools menu ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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