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    add capability to check how many jobs are currently running on each AS instance

    Please add capability to check how many jobs are currently running on each AS instance. e.g. put the number of running jobs of each AS instance in Monitoring & Diagnostics web management console.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    unnecessary message when loading data via on demand

    Customer reported that unnecessary message is always shown when loading data via on demand. See attached screencast for details. On-demand data not loaded On-demand data was not loaded because no parameters were specified. The message is shown bec...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    More flexibility to edit Details on Demand

    would be nice to have more flexibility to edit details on demand information, like this: - an easy way to change the columns order/list (like we do in "organizer filters") - Include a new column after the selected column instead of include at end ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    SQL trusted authentication - forbid to create datasource against the spotfire metadata DB

    When Spotfire is configured with trusted Authentication for access the Spotfire metadata DB, it is possible to create a datasource pointing to the same metadata DB also without having the credentails of the service account used for the MSSQL DB co...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    Move First/Last for Selected Column for Table Visual

    It would be helpful for manual ordering the columns selected for table visualizations if there were buttons to "Move First" and "Move Last" in the "Properties > Columns" menu that function similar to the buttons available in the "Organize Filte...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Customize the 'updating' spinning animation

    We would like to be able to substitute the default spinning that is shown when a visualization is being updated by an animation chosen by us. Sometimes the original spinning can be too subtle for the user.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Pie chart legend with percentage

    Sometimes there are too much slices and the labels are shown overlapping. In these scenarios it would be nice to have the option to show the percentages (or values) in the legend next to the slices's names.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Dynamically Update Column Name based upon a value in a Document Property Control.

    For doing ratios and conversions, it would be helpful to dynamically update the column name for ease of reference. For example, doing a 6:1 conversion the user would enter in 6 in the property control and the "6" would show up on the Column Name (...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Automation API for publishing jobs to the Spotfire Library and scheduling them as well

    It will be helpful if we could call an API that would assist in publishing job definitions to the Spotfire Library as well as scheduling the published jobs. Alternatively, an API allowing scheduling of job definition xml files would also suffice.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 1 Future Consideration

    Add the "pad" function

    I would like to see the PAD (and/or LPAD/RPAD) function added to Spotfire. This is a common string function in many other DBMSs and tools. Example use case:I had a data source with one column containing SEQUENCE (i.e. integer 1-15) and another col...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration
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