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    Spider Chart Multi-Scale

    It would be useful to add a multi-scale spider chart visualization to compare data that do not have the same value ranges. [FR] - Cela me semblerait utile d'ajouter une visualisation araignée multi-échelle afin de mettre en parallèle des données q...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Create Heat Maps in Spotfire WebPlayer

    As a user, I would like the ability to add heat maps using the Spotfire web player. The behaviour of the heat map should be the same as the Spotfire Analyst client as well as the process to add it (i.e. using the "Visualization types" menu item in...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Clean up used BCP cache tmp files during the process instead of at the end

    Consider SQL Server or Hyperscale SQL DB or any derivative thereof. Consider a source table(s) with 100 million+ rows that will be cached into a target SQL Server database and use BCP to perform the load operation. Consider that the disk TDV is in...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 Future Consideration

    Tag users in Spotfire conversation feature and have the users being notified actively

    when using the Spotfire conversation feature, it would be good to be able to tag users (like @dirk) - when connected to Spotfire server, it should send out a notification to any open client (web and desktop) to the specific user. Maybe would be go...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Collaboration 1 Future Consideration

    Better faster searching in Spotfire Analyst, and parity with Web Player

    Searching the library in Analyst takes an inordinate amount of time for large libraries. We find it almost useless. It disregards the folder that user is currently in, thus, the entire library is searched. Every time regardless of the current fold...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Improving themes

    One of the greatest things I like about Spotfire is how easily you can assign and use of colors, and export/import using a .dxpcolor file. On the themes side I find it could be improved You have an "import theme from file" but no "export to file...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Propagate changes in one layer to the following layers

    If you use different layers and change the fieldname in one of the early layers, the subsequent layers need to be changed accordingly, by hand. Using the lineage information it should be possible to propagate such a change throughout the layers.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support 0 To be Reviewed

    Size by or rotate by categorical data and subsets

    Scatterplots support categorical data on both the x and the y-axis by placing the categories evenly spaced along the axis even though both are continuous by nature. It would be great if size by and rotate by worked the same way. That would make it...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Maximize canvas programmatically

    Hi, It would be great to have a hotkey or toggle option to utilize in the Spotfire Analyst that mimics the View> Maximize Canvas feature, using an IronPython Script. The "F11" key helps entering full screen mode, however it doesn't do the same ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    allow to add custom tool into native Tools menu with more than 2 hierarchy

    Our customer wants to add custom tool into native Tools menu like, native Tools menu => SubFolder(e.g company name) => SubSubFolder(e.g. tool category) => CustomTool_here Currently only below 2 option are available. (1) native Tools menu ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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