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    API to set table dependencies

    SF10.10.x reloads/refreshes the data tables based on the table creation order. So the first created data table is the first one to be refreshed while the last created table is the last one to be refreshed. This sequential operation allowed us to c...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    More control over how bookmarks are displayed and shared

    Bookmarks - useful as they can drive user to a pre-defined view (even selects the right columns for a table). The use case is really about being able to predefine set views that are rule driven so that users can apply them easily instead of walkin...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Bookmarks 1 Future Consideration

    Group Custom Tools in the right-click context menu

    Request: When registering a Custom Tool on a Visualization should also allow the creation of groups like in the menu in Spotfire Professional. This change should also carry over to the Web Player.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Line Charts - Color areas between lines

    Allow in Line charts (or scatter plots) a way to color areas between lines. Color should be based on some logic. Simple example with 2 lines: Line A, Line B.In case of Line A above Line B, color the area between those two green. In case Line B is ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Mods API to tell what changed in the data view

    For performance reasons it could be beneficial to differentiate between color changes vs data or axes changes. Calculate the position of graphical elements may be quite compute intense. If you'd know that only the colors had changed the the posit...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Format Continuous X-Axis DateTime as Date

    This functionality exists for categorical axes but not for continuous. There seems to be no way around the formatting issue, even when the column in question is formatted as needed.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Tree-Map Add Color value to Hierarchy label

    I have a treemap with variables for size, color and hierarchy (MultiSelectListBox). I would like the label of the hierarchy + the label of the color/size value. Initially I have <$map("${Hierarchy}", " nest")> that work. So I tried <$map(...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Needs Info

    Option to automatically reference data sources in the same directory as .dxp

    #### Scenario One single template .dxp file, with multiple .csv data sources. #### Goal Have the .dxp reference .csv files in the same directory, to allow copying of the same template .dxp to multiple directories, each containing the a set of .csv...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Highlight selection and callback in the Mods API

    Add support in the Mods API for highlight selection, similar to how it works for marking. When hovering over a visual element it should be possible to via the API set a highlight selection for the data points represented by the visual element. Oth...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Programmatically set Details-On-Demand columns via Spotfire API

    Hello, in some situations it would be very useful to set the columns of the Details-On-Demand panel with a ironPython script. Do you think that could be included in a further evolution? Thanks. Mickael
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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