Animating Visualizations

1. Create an Action Control Button that applies filter settings, bookmark or what have you  with ironPython
2. Create a script that triggers the Action Control Button button over and over (with optionally start and stop buttons as per the example)

html
<div id='spotfireButton' style='display:none'>
 <SpotfireControl id="y0ursp07f1r3c0n7r01IdH3r3" />
</div>

<SPAN id=startButton>Start</SPAN>
<SPAN id=stopButton style='display:none'>Stop</SPAN>

javascript
var pid
var speed = .5 //change filter 2/second
start = function(){
pid = setInterval(function(){
  $("#spotfireButton input").click()
},speed*1000)
$('#stopButton').show()
$('#startButton').hide()
}

stop = function(){
clearInterval(pid)
  $('#dd').text("stopped " + pid)
$('#stopButton').hide()
$('#startButton').show()
}

$("#stopButton").button().on('click',stop)

$("#startButton").button().on('click',start)

Example with Range Filter

python

#changes RangeFilter low and high bounds in small increments
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters import RangeFilter, ValueRange
from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import IndexSet

#get a reference to the range filter in question
filt=Document.FilteringSchemes[0].Item[myDataTable].Item[myDataTable.Columns.Item["b"]].As[RangeFilter]()

delta = .1
if(filt.ValueRange.High.ToString() == "High"): #reset filters
idx = IndexSet(myDataTable.RowCount,True)
min = myDataTable.Columns["b"].RowValues.GetMinValue(idx).Value
filt.ValueRange = ValueRange(min,min+delta)
print filt.ValueRange
else:

  filt.StepBodyUp()

Example with Dates

html and javascript are the same, the python code looks like this:

#changes RangeFilter low and high bounds in small increments

from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters import RangeFilter, ValueRange

#startDate and endDate can be script parameters

from Spotfire.Dxp.Data.DataType import Date

startDate=Date.Formatter.Parse("2/1/2015") 

endDate=Date.Formatter.Parse("2/1/2015")

#get a reference to the range filter in question

filt=Document.FilteringSchemes[0].Item[myDataTable].Item[myDataTable.Columns.Item["Date"]].As[RangeFilter]()

#move low and upper bounds one tick up

filt.StepBodyUp()

#reset filters when upper bound reaches the end

if(filt.ValueRange.High.ToString() == "High"): #reset filters

filt.ValueRange = ValueRange(startDate,endDate)

Example with Item Filter

html and javascript are the same, the python code looks like this which requires a document property:

from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Filters import ItemFilter, ValueRange

from Spotfire.Dxp.Data import IndexSet

#get item myItemFilterer reference

myItemFilter=Document.FilteringSchemes[0].Item[dt].Item[dt.Columns.Item[itemFilterName]].As[ItemFilter]()

#script parameters

dt = Document.Data.Tables["Data Table"]

col = "A" #name of the column that links to the ItemFilter

dp = "cv" #name of document property to hold the selected value

#logic starts here

cv=Document.Properties[dp]

for i in range(len(myItemFilter.Values)):

if myItemFilter.Values[i]==cv: Document.Properties[dp]=myItemFilter.Values[i+1 if i<len(myItemFilter.Values)-1 else 0]

myItemFilter.Value=Document.Properties[dp]

i=i+1