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    Collaboration / Conversations Customization via IronPython API

    The collaboration / conversations feature in Spotfire where users can make comments on a specific visualization is cool, except there are some features that I would prefer to control programmatically. For example, I would like to be able to disabl...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Collaboration 1 Future Consideration

    Option to turn off padding on Text Area

    This would allow creation of side bars and text area control areas with a different background color of other visualizations, and have it look nice. Currently it looks blocky
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Filtering Scheme Improvements

    Right now, the default filter type is often inconvenient. For instance, if a column has more than 3 unique options, a check box filter is not my preferred filter type. So, I have to go through and manually set all the filter types to my preferred ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 2 Future Consideration

    Add ability to change the connections from the logon screen

    When moving from Spotfire 7.11 to Spotfire 7.13 and beyond (including 10), connecting to Azure SQL could not connect because the default selection (which is grayed out on the log on screen) could not be changed so that users can connect to the tem...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Improve JS Mashup API

    Cannot get a full data table; can't explicitly call IronPython script - only through workaround; cannot extract individual visualisations from a DXP
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    PDF Reporting Public API

    The new PDF output of visualizations could be very useful if it was accessible via a public API. One can create prepared reports but those are too defined for most self-service scenarios. It would be very useful if there was a public API for creat...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Sample and Preview Data

    Easily sample and preview data so initial analysis can be done on data before all data is loaded. Expedites analysis creation greatly
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Pluggable AI Recommendations

    Use-case specific recommendations would be possible if we open up recommendation framework to be pluggable, and outputs from recommender to be visible
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / AI / Analytics 0 Planning to implement

    Flexibility in "Size by" and "Color by" scales

    Allow size by and color by to use log scales, segmented scales, intervals from another column. Allow rules in Size By (like Color By currently has).
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Color Groupings

    Group large numbers of categorical variables by color groupings (ie color by different column as hierarchy). Related: Color column by another column.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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