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    Enable marker edge thickness to be modified

    When a scatterplot has many overlapping points, it can be difficult to distinguish them and determine how many there are. The way that this is best addressed in most other plotting packages is: Reduce the transparency of the color filling the poin...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow editing of column display settings as a whole column, not just by individual cell for all columns in a cross table

    Columns at the most left/right of cross-table have the option of getting styled as a whole or individually; the check box "Style this individually" can be turned on/off. However, columns in the middle don't seem to have this option; the check box ...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    filtering by each graph easily

    I would like to be able to filter by each graph easily. (I can still do this if I set it up, but it would be useful to have a feature like a default filter for each graph and the ability to switch between filters for the entire graph as well)
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Filters / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add more projections to map charts

    I would like to have more options for map projections, such as SAD69 and NAD27.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Add tooltip capabilities to cross tables

    I need to be able to hover over values in a cross table and see further information on those values through tooltip expressions.
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Map Layer where you can draw

    Geologists/Engineers in the energy industry do a lot of custom geo-analysis. This feature would just need a pencil that draws points, an eraser for mistakes, and a way to change color or thickness of a line drawn.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to mark grand total or subtotal

    On a cross table, I'd like a feature that would allow the user to click on the Sub total or grand total cell mark the corresponding data. Currently, if a subtotal is made up of 100 rows in the visualisation, the user has to mark those 100 rows whi...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    New type of Curve Draw to create Ellipses in Spotfire visualizations

    We need is a Curve Draw type, where the user provides both x and y as a function of another parameter. Right now the Curve Draw functionality works best when the function y(x) is single valued. Any function where the derivative of y with respect...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Avoid visualisation malfunction when columns are renamed

    When you have a custom expression in a visualisation which contains ${} and you rename a column that is used in the expression, the custom expression is not valid anymore. I've contacted support and they say it's as designed, but I find this behav...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow a Spotfire DXP file to be opened from a Web location

    Our current implementation for the Spotfire analyst client is still converting the webdav URL to an UNC path and then feed Spotfire. The UNC-based solution requires the windows WebDav client service to work properly. An implementation was done in ...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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