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    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

    hide some of the columns specified in an axis

    Hello, Customer is asking for a feature to hide some of the columns specified on an axis. E.g. 3 columns is specified on the Y axis of a line chart, the customer only wants to show one of them in the Y axis's selector. The other two can be found i...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 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...
    over 9 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...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to add breaks in axis

    In case of outliers or very large scale data, it could be nice to insert a (or multiple ?) break in axis to avoid crushing of visualisation.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Put (Column Names) on Shape By axis to allow for multiple scales

    In scatter plots if you want to have multiple y scales (especially one to the left and one on the right), you need to color by (Column Name) or trellis by (Column Name). However, in scientific literature the normal way is to differentiate the left...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Map Background Images

    Allow setting the background image and coordinates from data i.e. a file location / URL in a column and use values for coordinates, rather than having to select a file, and hard code values.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Multiple Interactive Layers

    Allow multiple interactive layers, or ability to click on point on the map and it to select all layers present at that point rather than just interactive layer.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Scatter Plot: Adding “multiple-scale” option on the X- axis.

    Right now the "multiple scale" option is allowed only on the y-axis, the option shall be available on the X-axis as well. Best, Yaqout.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Rendering Images in Cross Tables

    Currently, image rendering is possible in tool tips and in tables. In a cross table, because of required aggregation, images cannot be rendered. If an aggregation option such as 'First()' is used, there is no reason why the image cannot be rendere...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
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