How to toggle Tooltip Detail items for different visualizations in Spotfire® Using IronPython Scripting

Introduction

Below is a sample IronPython script to toggle different items in the tooltip based on a document property

Code Sample

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

from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Visuals import *
from Spotfire.Dxp.Application.Visuals.Maps import *

barChart=bchart.As[BarChart]()
if Document.Properties["prop1"]=="condtion1":
  barChart.Details.Items.Item[0].Visible=False
  barChart.Details.Items.Item[1].Visible=True
if Document.Properties["prop1"]=="condtion2":
  barChart.Details.Items.Item[1].Visible=False
  barChart.Details.Items.Item[0].Visible=True
  

mapchart=mchart.As[MapChart]()

for layer in mapchart.Layers:
#specify the Marker Layer Name
  if layer.Title=="SalesAndMarketing":
# use MarkerLayerVisualization or FeatureLayerVisualization depending upon the layer
    mLayer=layer.As[MarkerLayerVisualization]()
    if Document.Properties["prop1"]=="condtion1":
        mLayer.Details.Items.Item[0].Visible=True
        mLayer.Details.Items.Item[1].Visible=False
    if Document.Properties["prop1"]=="condtion2":
        mLayer.Details.Items.Item[0].Visible=False
        mLayer.Details.Items.Item[1].Visible=True

References

• API Reference: BarChart.Details
• API Reference: MarkerLayerVisualization.Details

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License

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