How to rename the Filter group/subgroups and filters in Spotfire® using IronPython scripting

Introduction

Below is a scripting example to rename the filter group/subgroups and filters in Spotfire.

Code sample

# Copyright © 2017. TIBCO Software Inc.  Licensed under TIBCO BSD-style license.

#get the filter panel on the current active page

filterPanel = Document.ActivePageReference.FilterPanel

# Iterate over filter subgroup and rename the subgroup

for tableGroup in filterPanel.TableGroups:
	print "----" + tableGroup.Name
	for subGroup in tableGroup.SubGroups:
		print subGroup.Name
		if (subGroup.Name == "Test-subGroup"):			
			subGroup.SetName("Test-subGroupRenamed") 
			for fh in subGroup.FilterHandles:
				if (fh.FilterReference.Name == "Test"):
					fh.FilterReference.Name = "TestRenamed"
                    

References

• API Reference: Spotfire Analyst
• API Reference: FilterPanel.TableGroups
• API Reference: TableGroups.SubGroups

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License