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    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

    set cross table cell text color and background color at the same time

    Customer requests this feature that allow to set cross table cell text color and background color at the same time in order to make more attractive cross table.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 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

    Be able to color background color of a specified area on a scatter plot

    I would like to have the ability to change the background color of a specified area on a scatter plot. Or, I would like to be able to enclose the specified area with a line.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Add ability to pattern fill feature layer shapes

    I would like the ability to not only solid fill shapes, but also pattern fill. For example, vertical or horizontal lines, dots, etc.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    wrap trellis header and show it in multiple lines when trellis by row

    Please add options to wrap trellis header in order to show all text if it's long when trellis by row (1) option to wrap trellis header automatically if text is long (2) option to show trellis header in multiple lines if value contain line break
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Combine 'Color By' and 'Shape By'

    They have 'Color By' and 'Shape By' set to the same column, would like to combine them into one legend entry that combines the color and shape into a single marker. For example: Color by:Pet (red) Cat(blue) Dog(green)Fish Shape By:Pet (circle) Cat...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Line chart moving line and tooltip

    Add Google Chart style tooltips for line charts (possibly scatter) which shows a vertical line tracking the mouse movement and highlights all line values at that point. This is something customers have aspect for and see in other tools so start to...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    allow hidden item in axis

    Many customers asked to set sort order on an axis by defined orders. For example for string column, a custom sort order can be specified on it and changes sort order arbitrarily, however if there are too many unique values custom sort oder can not...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Lines & Curves --> Add Moving Average Curve

    It would be great to quickly add a moving average curve to a scatter plot / bar chart etc. by clicking on graph properties --> Lines & Curves --> Add --> Moving Average Curve.
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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