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    do not run TERR/Python service inside a container by default if Node Manager is already running inside a container

    TERR/Python service on Linux is by default running inside a container which means if docker is not installed then the instance can't start. This is true even when deploying Node Manager inside a container, in this case TERR doesn't have to run ins...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 6 Future Consideration

    Download Containers for Script

    Problem Statement There have been many situations where Developers were asked to generate some kind of file dynamically(Formatted Excel, PDF from Data Function, Images generated from scripts, Word Reports etc.). Mostly it is easy to do so, but pro...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Add ability to programmatically determine what objects are included in a cache policy.

    Using a policy has exponentially reduced the time to complete the full cache refresh (from ~ 3 hours to just over 1 hour). However, there is no way to determine which views/objects have been added to a policy, thus managing the cache refresh proce...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to increase header size of DE Input for specifically for Characteristic/Label

    It would be helpful to \increase the characteristic/label header length alone (so it doesn't warp to 2 lines, see screenshot) without increasing the input area without having to increase it globally for all DES via application settings.
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    add option to turn off automatic column categorization (NUMBERS, CATEGORIES)

    When loading csv file into Analyst, some columns are categorized as "CATEGORIES" automatically even its data type is numeric (Integer, Real, etc.). As far as I know, these columns all have names ending with "mode" or "type", etc. Generally, if col...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow transformations for external (in-db) data tables

    One should have the possibility to define transformations on data canvas for external (in-db) tables. Also a possibility to review the data should be possible.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Do not automatically generate cluster columns after dendrogram clustering in heat map

    I find it a bit annoying that cluster membership columns are automatically generated if I calculate dendrograms in a heatmap. I do this in order to group the rows/columns, not to calculate clusters. There should be an option to inactivate the colu...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Rename multiple columns should be more efficient

    Only a single column can be-named in each column renaming step. This should be possible for several columns in the same way one can change the column type for columns with a single transformation.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Show progress bar when opening a dashboard

    For dashboards where a large volume of data is loaded, it would be helpful if the user could see a progress bar and an estimate of time remaining.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    write timestamp info to each line of data function debug log

    When enabling data function debugging, we can find below information from analyst's debug log. This is very helpful to diagnose performance issue however timestamp for each line is not outputted which makes it impossible to figure out how lone eac...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
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