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    Expand the color by list

    When you are coloring by (or shaping etc) more than 20 or so different items, there is a very frustrating (...) at the bottom of the list which can't be expanded
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Already exists

    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...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 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...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Notify users background processes are running

    I have a DXP with several on demand queries. These queries are attached to marking and property controls. When the queries are executed, they take a while to run. I am having problems with users not realizing that queries are running, so they try ...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 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.
    almost 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...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    The server setting is not changing with DSN change, because all the options in Tools>>Options get stored per machine/per user

    Our organization use 2 different boxes ( 1 for Test and another one for Production. Soon we will have another server for Training as well). Currently, the server setting is not changing with DSN changes, because all the options in Tools>>Opt...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 2 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Hive connector, set hive execution engine=spark

    Hi, We have a Hadoop big data cluster with Map Reduce as the default Hive execution engine. It is key for us to be able in Spotfire Hive Connector to change the Hive execution engine (set hive.execution.engine=spark). Kind Regards
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Set the size individual visualizations on a page

    When I add a set of pie charts to a page or any other visual I would like to manually set the size so I don't have to drag them around and eye ball them in. Ideally you want them all the same size so the page looks professional.
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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