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    UX: Generally better script management (all scripts)

    I know there are different places to script for different functions, but would be good to have a central place to write/manage all scripts in a document. If I am using IronPython with TERR, I have to go in-and-out of two different script handlers ...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 1 Future Consideration

    show cells with no data as blank on columns of vertical axis in cross table

    In cross table, one can customize cells disply if no data if cells belong to "Cell Values" axis. This idea is to do the same on those cells that belong to columns specified as Vertical axis. Currently these cells are always shown as string "(Empty...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Adding Data from multiple tabs in excel at one time

    There are instances where you receive daily details on each tab of excel which runs into 30 tabs. So the data input should be designed in such a way where we can input all the details at one time rather than inputting the data 30 times as all the ...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add functionality in line/scatter plots to mark where various group of lines/points intersect

    In many optimization problems, the goal is to find the best trade-off (cross-over) between 2 curves (e.g., cost vs. benefit). Or in quantitative technical analysis for stocks trading, crossover concept is common. Being able to visualize this cross...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow programmatic way to force Data Function to overwrite shared output table

    Request Allow programmatic way to force Data Function output table overwrite, when said table is shared between multiple Data Functions. Scenario Two Data Functions - function_one and function_two - write to the same output table - df_out - with t...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Overall overview of markings and Filter Settings

    When taking over a report from a colleague (who has left the organisation/company) it can take quite some time to find out all filters etc that has been applied. I would be very handy to have a page that can display all filters, data limitations a...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to duplicate controls in text area

    We often use text areas to create great looking dashboards, but having to configure all aspects of multiple similar Spotfire control elements from scratch can be time consuming. The ability to be able to duplicate an existing control and then edit...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add API access to allow updating the width of scale labels using python.

    This property is not currently exposed for use by python scripts. We have several use cases on our dashboards where we will toggle a visual between various reports using a python script (and it must be via python since we are doing things like cha...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    expose API to write log to user action log

    Customer would like to write log to user action log, in order to record usage and actions user has performed on a custom extension. Please expose API to do so if possible. Thanks.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    See user preferences via web player

    In the Analyst Client it is possible via the help menu, to see the users preferences. It would help to be able to do this via the Web Player, as some users do not have or regularly use the Analyst Client. To enhance this more, give it the ability ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
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