Initiate visualization when button is pressed

[carlos ramos]

Hi!

I´m having problems searching information of how i can select a value in a dropdown list but only initiate the filter in the visualization when the button is pressed.

Best regards.

[Fredrik Rosell]

Hello,

If I understand you correctly (please correct me if I'm wrong), you want to filter data in an analysis but not as soon as you select a filter value (which is how Spotfire normally works) but instead first make a selection of the filter value, and then do the filtering later at the click of a button?

If so, (and without understanding the exact use case), maybe you could e.g. have a Text area with two main parts:  

1. Some component where the user enters the filter value(s) - this could e.g. be a drop down list that only shows the available values in a column. 

2. A button that calls an IronPython script that "applies" the filter value from step 1. (as a starting point, you can find a lot of examples in the "Filtering and Marking" section in the IronPython script examples: https://community.spotfire.com/s/article/IronPython-Scripting-in-TIBCO-Spotfire

[carlos ramos]

Hi!

Thank you for answering so quickly, I managed to solve the issue with your support.

Best regards.