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    Add functionality to read XML body from files in File - XML datasource

    We have multiple collections of XML files that are all of the same XML schema. These files are accesed through the File - XML datasource. Currently, processing XML files from this source requires that a transformation is defined on each file. That...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement

    Ability to export search results from Library Search

    After having done a Library search (e.g. in Analyst > Tools menu > Library Administration), sometimes I would like to be able to export the search results, for further analysis or logging.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Alternative to comparison circles algorithm in Box Plot

    The idea of the comparison circles (statistically compare data sets associated to individual boxes) is great but since it is limited to the average it kind of falls short in most scenarios. Comparing the underlying distribution is a more generic a...
    12 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Planning to implement

    Improve "Organize Filters" dialog

    Currently it is really cumbersome to organize the filters, especially if you have many data tables and/or many columns in a data table. Improvements should include (but are not limited to): ability to search for columns like in other dialogs to b...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 2 Future Consideration

    Scale Axis Lines need to be darker in Trellis plots

    Spotfire graphics submitted for publication are criticized by reviewers for axis lines which are too light. Research on the support website indicated that the Visual Theme settings for Visualization Scale line color could be used to change the col...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    smooth the line curves in Spotfire

    The line curves in Spotfire aren't that smooth as the curves in Excel prompting management preference at times to dashboards with static curves in excel over the dynamic dashboards from Spotfire. Please make the line curves smooth to defeat the co...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 3 Future Consideration

    PI Connector to Spotfire

    PI Connector to Spotfire is not very useful. It hangs when a larger data set is selected and the connector does not allow for multiple queries at the same time. The PI connector needs to be more like the one that is on the Spotfire Streaming platform
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Planning to implement

    Do cache refresh in push down where possible

    In case the cache table is in the same database as all the other tables contributing to the cache, the cache refresh should run in full push down. This instead of selecting and bringing all the data from the database to the TDV server and then sen...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / performance 5 Already exists

    Allow AS 4.x operator schema to be set by the schema asserted on an input port.

    Please refer to Case #02057640 The goal is to have a reusable module that does not need to change itself, but gets its schemas (and the AS operator schema) from context.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 0 Future Consideration

    Files and Data... > Recommended should show data in analysis as well as recent data

    Hello, Data already loaded in the analysis is "Recent data". It should therefore be included in the "Recommended" flyout with the Recent data. It should not be "Other". "Other' is a list of external connectors - data in analysis does not fit there...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration
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