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How to show or hide labels in Tibco Spotfire using IronPython
IronPython scripts are always the favorite topic, therefore I would like to show one script, which is quite handy, especially when you try to create a clean dashboard, but still want to keep the possibility to show a lot of information. You can do a lot of things to accomplish that. What I like is to show or hide labels on certain charts.
And how to do that? You can follow my video. If you know how to add a button and where to add IronPython script, use the following snippet:
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Visuals import VisualTypeIdentifiers,LineChart,BarChart, LabelVisibility
#loop visuals in active page
for vis in Document.ActivePageReference.Visuals:
#only line charts
vis=vis.As[LineChart]()
#check which option is selected and choose the other one
vis.LabelVisibility = LabelVisibility.Marked
else:
vis.LabelVisibility = LabelVisibility.All
My code is written for my special use case. I work only with the active page and with line charts. You can change it quite easily to any other chart (which can have labels). I toggle between showing all labels and showing labels when a user marks data. It is also possible to change it to LabelVisibility.None in order to not show any labels even when a user marks something.
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Author: Filip Prochazka
filip.prochazka@dolphinconsulting.cz
Spotfire Version: 10.10
Created: 3/12/2021