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    Easy way to inventory licenses for multiple servers

    This idea is requested by a current Spotfire customer. Multiple servers make it difficult to inventory licenses. Currently, each server goes in and exports license files, collects them, and aggregates them. Hope this can be improved.
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Needs Info

    We want to open another dxp using IronPython

    This idea is requested by a Spotfire customer. Users want to start another dxp, but they can't access the URL from IronPython. Currently, this is achieved by writing dxp links in the html area.
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Clear retained data when exiting (closing) the screen

    Customer requested for this idea. There is no event handler for closing DXP. For example, if users want to initialize the system immediately after startup, they can add flexible functionality by embedding python codes in a process called Init (eve...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to clear all saved personal states of an analysis

    As a report developer I usually select the option "Remember personalized view for each web client user" to allow users to keep filter settings, selected page, etc, between sessions and scheduled refreshes. But I would like to have the option to cl...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Schedule time zone picker should have standard timezones listed.

    Automation and Scheduled updates time zone picker has to be reworked to support timezones not only by city names, but by standard timezone name and/or UTC offset. Problem: Imagine the following use-case. You need to set schedule according to Bosto...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 0 Likely to implement

    Lock Map Zoom & Extents

    Lock a zoom location totally custom; no changes on data marking and not possible for user to move
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Un-hide column in WebPlayer

    Consumer user in WebPlayer is able to hide a column (see screen shot). There is no possibility in the menu to "un.hide" the hidden columns. It would make sense if the users could un-hide the column they marked as hidden before.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    show alias(display name) instead of "n columns" when many columns are specified on an axis

    Customer would like to show alias(display name) instead of "n columns" (n is the number of columns) when many columns are specified on an axis. Thanks.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Support Map Feature Service

    To be able to add existing feature services layers from ArcGIS to a map in Spotfire. For companies who already have many layers built out, it would be very convenient to be able to consume them. WMS layers aren't enough, as you cannot combine them...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Missing add data table transparency in an existing Data Connection

    Spotfire doesn't allow user to set import method when extending a SQL server data connection after 1 data table already included in connection. I have a dashboard with MS SQL server data connection embedded in analysis. As of now there is only 1 t...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration
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