Spotfire

Information for the TIBCO Spotfire platform

How To -- Create filter groups
Spotfire allows the user to create groups of filters in order to better organize the filter panel.  Creating these groups is a simple and easy process.  T...
Mon, 3 Oct, 2016 at 2:35 PM
Architecture -- Page navigation methods
In Spotfire, there are three page navigation methods Tiled tabs Step by step History arrows The user may change between page navigat...
Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Problem Solving - joining on a calculated column
In Spotfire, you cannot join on a calculated column.  The calculated column will not appear in the list of columns in the Insert Columns dialog.  This lim...
Mon, 3 Oct, 2016 at 3:00 PM
Architecture -- Data Limiting Overview
Here are all of the ways in which users can limit data shown in Spotfire visualizations.   1. Filtering 2. Filtering with filtering s...
Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Tips - Shortcut Keys
List of current shortcut keys for Spotfire 7.6.   Ctrl+A Mark filtered rows. Ctrl+Alt+B Bookmarks. Ctrl+Shift+B Add Bookmark special ...
Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 at 11:26 AM
Querying On Demand Data Tables with Property Controls
Creating an on demand data table with property controls Add the data source in its entirety to the DXP file Add a text area to a page Add an in...
Mon, 17 Oct, 2016 at 4:54 PM
Tips - Changing the Font in Annotations
Annotation fonts can be edited in the Edit Custom Theme menu.  Click on the black and white square in the toolbar, and then select Edit Custom Theme. ...
Mon, 23 Jan, 2017 at 4:35 PM
Problem Solving - Property Controls
If you are ever having trouble with multi select property controls (list box multi select or input multi select), go to the Edit menu > Document Prope...
Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 at 11:27 AM
Tips - Applying Filter Organization to Other Pages
Users go to great effort to organize their filter panels, and that takes a lot of time.  No one likes doing the same work over and over again.  Fortunatel...
Mon, 21 Nov, 2016 at 10:47 AM
Finding Table Dependencies with IronPython
This is the script I was discussing in class that walks through the visualizations and finds what tables are being used: from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.V...
Thu, 14 Sep, 2017 at 11:59 AM