"Local" page property

[aus94]

Hi everybody,

I am using Spotfire analyst and I would like to define a "local" page property, which is accessible only inside the page where I define it. The purpose is to have many pages where I repeat the same structure of visualizations, changing the column I want to plot, without the need to change the name of the column in many places inside the page. 

I am able to define document properties, however I don't find a way to define a "page" property

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[David Boot-Olazabal]

Hi aus94,

As far as I know, we don't have such a thing as a page property.

Having said that, you may be able to achieve the same with action mods, available in our latest version of Spotfire. This will allow you to create the same visualization on different pages with the click of a button. When adding a parameter, you can tailor each visualization with different columns without needing to change column names in many places.

An action mod is a script that you define to the work for you, see also https://spotfiresoftware.github.io/spotfire-mods/docs/.

And here is an example of how it could work in real time (I'm using a Treemap as example):

Run the Action Mod, after filling in the parameter (this parameter is the name of the column):

You can add a second Treemap (or other visualization that you have (parametrized)):

In the end, you'll end up with your set of visualizations that you can tailor individually per page with a click of a button:

Kind regards,

David