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    Allow user to edit DataRelationShip table after insert a transformation

    Once I insert “Transformation” in the DataRelationShip table, the edit table icon will disappear, which mean the user can’t change the X/Y selection any more.We wants to keep the selection icon after insert a transformation for DataRelationShip ta...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Colour of line vary with value

    One of our users made the following suggestion: It would be fantastic to be able to colour lines based on value - i.e. the line actually changes colour as the y value varies, or colouring is more versatile on combination charts - for example sep...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Auto naming of Map Chart layers

    Currently when you add a new layer in a map chart it is named based on the data table name, so this means if you can easily get multiple layers with the same name. It would be great if when creating a new layer, Spotfire either used some form of a...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Fix % of total to 100% in waterfall when using the colour by option

    I was hoping to build a waterfall and then be able to show how each step was broken down by using the colour by category. However when using the y axis % of total option, if there are 3 categories, the total changes from 100% to 300% which makes t...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Dragable Point Data on Scatter Plot

    Ability to Plot a Data Point, X,Y using Multiple Document Properties that can then be dragged around the plot changing the value of the property. Multiple data points could be tied together to create a line. This gives the ability of a user to int...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Scatter Plot Line Connections Caps

    In scatter plot line connections it's sometimes very hard to identify where the line connection starts and ends. Start and end caps or markers would be a great enhancement for the line connection. Options should be size, shape and color.
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    more flexibility to adjust visualizations size (width & height)

    Customer wants more flexibility to adjust visualizations size (width & height) (1) select 1 or multiple (not all) visualizations in a page and arrange them evenly/side by side/stack. (2) set width and height by value (in pixel or percentage) o...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Allow Javascript as a Renderer

    In addition to the ideas to allow for more JavaScript charts, it would be extremely useful to allow a JavaScript Renderer (e.g. in Tooltip, TableCell, Labels, etc.). Often times, the Spotfire native charts provide most of the capabilities and conf...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Organize Markings (Move up or down)

    In the Document Properties under Markings new Markings are added in chronological order. You are unable to move the list to better group them later on. This gets complicated as you build large dashboards or analysis. Another problem is as you dese...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Visualization performance for complex configurations with large datasets

    I need to visualize individual data points across different type of charts for analyzing chip production data. In some cases Spotfire may use excessive amount of memory and take some time to render visualizations. It is important for us to see all...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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