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    182 VOTE

    Better support of web services

    When you need to consume data from a web service in Spotfire there are different options like implementing a custom data source, develop an Iron Python script, use an R script on your Stats server or use something like Composite or Jboss Teiid tha...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 5 Future Consideration

    Spotfire to adopt the rules around British Columbia switching to permanent Daylight Saving Time

    British Columbia in Canada has adopt permanent, year-round daylight saving time since March 8, 2026 If not done yet, Spotfire should be aware of this in all scheduling especially Automation Services and other date/time based applications before No...
    about 1 month ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration

    Tibco should create a "Calendar" visualization type in Spotfire.

    I always find myself struggling to find a good place to create calendar visualizations to add to presentations or project documents. In discussions with coworkers we came to the conclusion that this should absolutely be a chart-type in Spotfire. I...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analysis cleanup agent

    Over time Spotfire Analyses tend to grow more and more complex, and as requirements or the environment changes, some parts become obsolete. Yet, these assets may remain in the analysis, making it harder to understand it, especially when taking it ...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
    145 VOTE

    Load Parquet, ORC and Avro data files from Amazon S3 and HDFS

    Spotfire should be able to connect to and read Parquet, ORC and Avro files from Amazon S3 and HDFS.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 9 Future Consideration
    109 VOTE

    Out-of-the-box dashboard for usage metrics

    Add a default usage metrics dashboard for Spotfire Library objects to help administrators and authors understand who is using their tools. Should sit on the existing log infrastructure, it just seems silly for each TIBCO customer to have to make t...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration
    166 VOTE

    Ability to work simultaneously on a dxp and merge afterwards

    We have cases where several developers work on different tabs of the same dxp file. This creates a challenge in combining the work afterwards. Especially if new document properties, IP scripts, calculated columns have been introduced, you more or ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 6 Future Consideration
    170 VOTE

    User friendly messages when user can´t open an analysis on the web

    When a user follows a link to a Spotfire analysis that can´t be loaded or can only be partially loaded they should be told specifically what the problem is and who to contact about the problem. Spotfire should also make it easy to contact the righ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire 1 Future Consideration
    108 VOTE

    Spotfire Analyst - Add multiple data tables at once

    Spotfire 7.11 had the possibility to add several data tables at once (Information Links, files or others). Spotfire 10.3 does not have this possibility anymore. Very fast in 10.3 if only one data table needs to be added. Very inefficient when man...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration
    104 VOTE

    Support for Clickhouse of column-oriented database

    we are currently storing analysis data in the ClickhouseDB, want to create an environment for analysis using BI tool. As we know, Clickhouse has a JDBC Driver ( https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-jdbc ), but Spotfire doesn't support Clickhou...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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