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    Be able to set default values for filters without coding

    In many cases, I would like to set default filters, and there is no out of the box way to do it, it requires some code that my client (and I) want to avoid. for exemple, I need to show by default only the open tickets, but don't want to prevent en...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 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...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Keep f(x) flyout items up-to-date with library

    When a data function has been deleted from library, it does not always reflect in the flyout (possibly because a client reload is needed?). Data functions are also not updated with the latest version in the library, nor is existing version number ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Access miniatures in text areas via the API

    Sometimes the need arises to manipulate a text area using IronPython to change specific parts of the text area. However, when changing the html content of a text area using IronPython you often destroy the Spotfire dynamic contents (calculated v...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Create new filtering scheme

    Once user sets a group of filters, an option to 'set current filters as new filtering scheme' would save a lot of time and effort in creating multiple filter schemes. Some of this can be achieved with bookmarks but users want to create multiple fi...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire .txt export carries BOM, need a txt or UTF-8 .txt option without BOM - byte-order mark

    I am using Spotfire to generate tabulated .txt files using export function / save as .txt and automation services -> save tab as txt to be imported into an application that receives tabulated external data in .txt format to be loaded. Spotfire ...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to adjust width and height of a visual through API (using python)

    Our dashboards have a large number of pages. Each page has the same textarea. It would be great to be able to set the width of these through an API call. Same for panels (e.g. make all filter panels same width on each page when showing)
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Want connection capability for .asc files

    .asc files are basically csv files, but the Spotfire software cannot directly connect to these. We would find business value in being able to directly connect to these.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    How to automate import new tables to spotfire

    Hi Team, Currently, we are pulling tables from smartsheet to Spotfire by using query and performed some analysis, In smartsheet on a daily basis new tables will be added, so every time we have to pull the new tables from smart sheet into Spotfire....
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 2 Future Consideration

    Limit concurrent loading datatables in custom data source and Information Link

    A prevention function is needed to prevent some users from occupying DB sessions or resources by loading large amounts of data. AS-IS : Not available TO-BE : Provides a setting function to limit the number of concurrent loading datatables in cu...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration
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