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    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

    Export "Table (Without value formatting)" option for desktop users

    Just as it says, add the same option that is available for webplayer to Spotfire desktop users. Reason: when I have a formatted number (123k, 123M), the export data will retain the format and I cannot get it changed without ruining the entire repo...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Tag users in Spotfire conversation feature and have the users being notified actively

    when using the Spotfire conversation feature, it would be good to be able to tag users (like @dirk) - when connected to Spotfire server, it should send out a notification to any open client (web and desktop) to the specific user. Maybe would be go...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Collaboration 1 Future Consideration

    Add ability to apply hotfixes in a serverless environment

    In the current setup, the only way to apply a hotfix to the Spotfire Analyst desktop client is by logging into a Spotfire Server instance where the hotfix is deployed and then accepting the updates. For those with a serverless Spotfire setup this ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Planning to implement

    Correction of the document "Installing TDV Server on UNIX"

    There is no problem even if SELinux is disabled during TDV installation. However, the document "Installing TDV Server on UNIX" states the following === For CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Oracle Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems Security-Enha...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Future Consideration

    More control over Sparklines

    In graphical tables Sparklines can be used to show trends in data. However, the visualization lacks control over how missing data should be handled. Currently, missing data is interpolated giving a potentially skewed view of upcoming trends, if e....
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    rich HTML editor in Text Area

    It would be nice to have a rich text editor for text area, where you can easily add tables, lists, etc. without writinng too much HTML code
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    notify when mod is synchronized from library to dxp file

    Please notify when mod is synchronized from library to dxp file (which refers to a mod saved in library), when the mod in library is updated. Currently there is no notification when synchronization occurred, and dxp won't change to dirty state eit...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Infer Schema option for files on Windows

    Implement Infer Schema options when connecting to files when TDV is running in a Windows environment. File-Delimited adapter cannot infer schema when introspecting CSV files. TDV documentation says that this is possible with the Local File Storage...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement
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