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    Limit scatter plot axis evaluation to not empty

    Scatter plot axes are always evaluated on the complete data range, no matter whether a marker can be drawn. Say e.g. you have two columns X and Y which you put on the X- and Y-axis, respectively. Obviously markers can only be drawn for data rows w...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Easily switch between configured visualizations

    When building dashboards for our consumer users, for some visualizations, I would like to be able to provide one or more options that the user can easily choose between. As an example I may have a visualization that shows Class sales over time as ...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Export Full Text Area to PDF

    Today, when attempting to export a text area, there is no way to ensure the full text is exported to PDF like there is for "Show Trellis Panels" or "Show Rows" not visible on screen for other visuals. This would be a handy enhancement to ensure th...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    add option in UI to change cross table default column width equal to using the API: CrossTablePlot.CellWidth.(reference)

    Customer wants to have an UI option to manually enter the value, due to dragging column header by pressing ctrl key can not adjust the width by pixel perfect, it's hard to set same value for two cross tables. API: CrossTablePlot.CellWidth.(reference)
    4 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Show delta to reference in scatter plot

    Currently in order to show differences compared to a reference in a scatter plot the reference needs to be calculated by the user, either as a calculated column or in the scatter plot itself. A scatter plot has all the information already availabl...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Map projections

    Add/enable a Google Earth style 3D globe projection. This would solve many issues with World Mercator, lack of polar projections, visualization, etc.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Filter popup from table header

    Rather than add filters manually in a text box above a table visualization, it would be nice to have filters available in a popup from a click on the column name in a table visualization. This would provide consumers with a cleaner way to access f...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Add SSO (Kerberos) Authentication for WMS Layer Authentication

    We need WMS Layers in Map Charts to support SSO methods like Kerberos to authenticate to the WMS Servers. This is a critical requirement to demonstrate the capabilities in our environment.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Include Tooltip in KPI Chart Visualization

    Tooltip is not available in KPI chart visualization. Ask is to show a description from another column in the tooltip when you hover over the KPI tile. Tooltip should be configurable.
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    allow to add categorical labels to a bar chart in order to show description text or images for each value bar

    Please allow to add categorical labels to a bar chart in order to show description text or images for each value bar. Currently one can add tooltip to do this but tooltip only shows up when mouse hover. The expected behavior is to always show the ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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