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    Disable "Identify origin of rows" option by default

    Hello, When adding rows to a data table In the "Settings for added rows" menu, there is the option to "identify origin of rows", which is switched on by default. This creates a new column of type string, that includes the origin. However, the stri...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Public Web Service to check status Scheduled Updates (external updates)

    We make use of the public web service UpdateAnalysisService to trigger scheduled updates externally after a data refresh. Sometimes the scheduled updates fail. The only way to check this, is to manually log on at the Spotfire Server, go to the Sch...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 2 Future Consideration

    Ability to show and hide document pages via actions

    it would be really helpful if there were actions to show/hide the pages within an analysis document. This would be a bit like setting the visible property of a worksheet in Excel. This could be a dynamic action. This would enable a master page of ...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Choose which columns get grand totals in cross-table

    We have a cross table where some columns (e.g. sales total) benefit from a grand total, whereas others (e.g. the sales rank of a product against other products) do not. We would like to have the option to choose whether a column gets a total. Ad...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Remove the requirement for a Metadata URL when configuring the OAuth2 client

    When configuring an OAuth2 client in the Spotfire server config GUI, the dialogue will not close unless a Metadata URL is entered. It is incorrect to require this since the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework (RFC 6749) does not require a metadata U...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Expanded control of Curve/Line labels

    It would be extremely helpful if users can be granted significantly greater control over the formatting and placement of labels placed on plots. It is very common that labels are either cut off, in the wrong location (sometimes directly swapped wi...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Powerpoint Export API

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    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Change default insert columns behavior

    The way that the Spotfire insert columns mechanism is built is it builds a list of columns to ignore, rather than a list of columns to insert. For example, let's say you have Table A with column A, B, and C. You insert column A into Table B. Then,...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Way to calculate number of working week day

    We're looking for a simple way to calculate the number of working weekdays. In Spotfire, there is no simple function, but in Tableau, there is a "Weekday"DateDiff("weekday",[ORDER DATE],[DELIVERY DATE])In Spotfire, the closest I got is this refere...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 3 Future Consideration

    Add capability to enable/disable items on top File menu (Consumer, Business Author + Analyst)

    This is useful when we expose certain reports to users but don't want them to have access to specific info/links. For example when Spotfire is embedded within custom portal. Specifically looking to disable "File -> View Library" and "Help ->...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire 1 Future Consideration
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