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  Adding a Filter Control into a Text Area Kevin Hanegan Many times authors will want to allow a user to filter out values in a given column, but they do not want to expose the Filter Panel, as it can add confusion and complexity for a consumer. The workaround has been to use a Property Control to provide this... Wed, Jan 25 2012 8:21 PM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: Filter Control, Text Area

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  Adding a Filter Control into a Text Area Tip of the Week Many times authors will want to allow a user to filter out values in a given column, but they do not want to expose the Filter Panel, as it can add confusion and complexity for a consumer. The workaround has been to use a Property Control to provide this... Wed, Jan 25 2012 8:21 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Filter Control, Text Area

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  Guiding the User Through an Analysis Without Showing all Pages Available Kevin Hanegan When setting up an analysis file, there are times when you want the consumer to be guided through the analysis and not be distracted by the different pages available to click through. In version 4.0, this can be accomplished by setting the Page Navigation... Sat, Jan 7 2012 2:48 AM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: 4.0, Action Controls, Hiding Pages, Page Navigation

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  Guiding the User Through an Analysis Without Showing all Pages Available Tip of the Week When setting up an analysis file, there are times when you want the consumer to be guided through the analysis and not be distracted by the different pages available to click through. In version 4.0, this can be accomplished by setting the Page Navigation... Sat, Jan 7 2012 2:48 AM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: 4.0, Action Controls, Hiding Pages, Page Navigation

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  Executing Scripts within other Scripts Kevin Hanegan There are some situations where you will want to execute a script from within another script. This could be to combine multiple scripts into one single action call (from a button, link, or image inside a Text Area), or it could be to enable the execution... Mon, Dec 26 2011 10:54 AM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: Script Controls, Executing Scripts

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  Executing Scripts within other Scripts Tip of the Week There are some situations where you will want to execute a script from within another script. This could be to combine multiple scripts into one single action call (from a button, link, or image inside a Text Area), or it could be to enable the execution... Mon, Dec 26 2011 10:54 AM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Script Controls, Executing Scripts

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  Information At a Glance with Graphics Tables Kevin Hanegan Many managers and consumers need methods to quickly see the state of their business, including Key Performance Indictors (KPI). In addition, they may need to quickly spot changes in these values over time and also whether the values are trending up or... Sat, Dec 10 2011 6:46 PM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: 4.0, Information At a Glance, Graphics Table

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  Information At a Glance with Graphics Tables Tip of the Week Many managers and consumers need methods to quickly see the state of their business, including Key Performance Indictors (KPI). In addition, they may need to quickly spot changes in these values over time and also whether the values are trending up or... Sat, Dec 10 2011 6:46 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: 4.0, Information At a Glance, Graphics Table

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  Limiting Data to Display in Visualizations in TIBCO Spotfire 4.0 Kevin Hanegan There are often scenarios where you will need to limit the data to display in a given visualization. In most of the approaches, the solution is to filter data. However, this filtering is not directly tied to a visualization. Rather, it is tied to a Filtering... Mon, Nov 21 2011 8:45 PM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: Filtering Schemes, Limit Data, 4.0

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  Limiting Data to Display in Visualizations in TIBCO Spotfire 4.0 Tip of the Week There are often scenarios where you will need to limit the data to display in a given visualization. In most of the approaches, the solution is to filter data. However, this filtering is not directly tied to a visualization. Rather, it is tied to a Filtering... Mon, Nov 21 2011 8:45 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Filtering Schemes, Limit Data, 4.0

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  Creating Property Control Groups that do not automatically update Expressions and Calculations Kevin Hanegan In certain scenarios, there is a requirement to have multiple Property Controls that drive a given analysis file. The values behind these Property Controls will all be used in a series of expressions and calculations. However, the way these expressions... Sun, Nov 13 2011 8:54 PM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: Script Controls, Property Controls

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  Creating Property Control Groups that do not automatically update Expressions and Calculations Tip of the Week In certain scenarios, there is a requirement to have multiple Property Controls that drive a given analysis file. The values behind these Property Controls will all be used in a series of expressions and calculations. However, the way these expressions... Sun, Nov 13 2011 8:54 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Script Controls, Property Controls

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  Displaying Property Controls inside HTML Tables Kevin Hanegan In previous tips , we have discussed how you can add HTML directly into a Text Area. To take this one step further, you may want to take Property Controls that you have already created and then add them into a HTML table or CSS positioning element to... Sun, Oct 16 2011 9:03 PM by Kevin Hanegan to Tip of the Week Filed under: Script Controls, Property Controls, Display Property Controls in HTML Tables

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  Displaying Property Controls inside HTML Tables Tip of the Week In previous tips , we have discussed how you can add HTML directly into a Text Area. To take this one step further, you may want to take Property Controls that you have already created and then add them into a HTML table or CSS positioning element to... Sun, Oct 16 2011 9:03 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Script Controls, Property Controls, Display Property Controls in HTML Tables

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  Formatting Values in Tooltips Tip of the Week In this tip we will discuss how to update the formatting on a Visualization's tooltips. Assume we have a Bar Chart which displays the sum of sales for each year in our data table. What if we then want to change the y-axis to show the Percentage of... Sun, Oct 2 2011 7:55 PM by Tip of the Week to Knowledge Base Filed under: Tooltips, Formatting