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    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

    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

    JavaScripts Compatibility on Spotfire Cloud

    Javascripts are currently not supported on TIBCO Spotfire cloud. We are building more interactive and visually appealing dashboards with javascripts made available on Spotfire cloud will be an enhanced addition.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Allow Side-By-Side Bars to Overlap

    Several users are disappointed that Spotfire doesn't have all the charting features available in Excel. One feature I'd like to see is the ability to overlap side-by-side bars. I know we can stack bars, but that is not what I'm talking about. The ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Add a new property, e.g. "ExpressionWithoutAlias" to solve the problem of adding x-axis display name by using a custom expression to scatter plot breaks y-axis expression

    Visualizations display nothing when renaming X-axis with custom expression in any visualization with the following custom expression on the Y-axis : "NormInv (1 - (Rank(${Axis.X.Expression},"asc","ties.method=first") / (Count(${Axis.X.Expression})...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Add hatching option to color setting

    Please add a hatching option to the color settings. Hatching is another way to increase color variation.
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Show more than 250 colors in the legend

    Please increase the MaxValuesPerLegendItem from 250 to 1000 or more. In the manufacturing field, it is now common to apply 500 or more colors to each defect category and identify them with a legend.
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Improved/Intuitive Color Properties

    There is an issue with the color by: option within visualizations in Spotfire. Currently I have created a 10 step color scheme starting with Purple ending with Yellow (see: Color Scheme pic). When I establish this color scheme in Properties > C...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Already exists

    can combo chart bars be stackable?

    I really need to have a stacked bar chart in the combo chart. I can increase the dimensionality of the visualization. I don't see a technical hurdle here.
    12 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to wrap x and y axis titles

    Currently, when x and y axis titles are long, it will overflow instead of wrapped. This seems to be a basic thing for most visualization but not Spotfire.
    12 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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