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    Allow use of property control display names in expressions for calculations

    In Spotfire, when a property control is created and the 'set property value through' prompt is selected as expression or fixed value, you will have the option to define a name and also a value for the property. When using this property in other pl...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Improve map chart marker layer performance

    very slow compared to scatter plot, even though same type of plot. Rendering must complete before user can move on to next action Possibly related to Idea on sampling/previewing data.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add Coordinates from Right Click on Map Chart to API

    In Spotfire 7.9 right clicking the MapChart will generate coordinates of that location. I am asking that the Longitude and Latitude be available through the API so they could be saved to document properties for reference using Python or TERR.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Map features / polygon transparency should affect the outline

    As the title says. Currently it only affects the fill transparency.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Adjust Map Chart marker outlines

    Ability to change color of marker outlines or have no color at all
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add (line/bar chart) label option for Min/Max only ("Sparkline switch")

    When using line or bar charts, it would improve readability, if only the relevant data points are labeled, e.g. first, last, min, max points. This is often seen in Sparklines and the setting could be named like this in Settings-Labels
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Fuzzy matching of location names with map charts

    When users are importing data with locations as names (city, state/province, or country) and the names do not exactly match what in the supplied maps, the user most drill into a map with labels to find the correct name; or go outside of Spotfire t...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Keep formatting in cross table when display name of column changes

    When the display name of a column (cell value) in a cross table changes, the formatting settings are reset. This is highly annoying, especially when column names include a document property which is changed by a user. After each change, the format...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add an Adapter for InfluxDB

    InfluxDB is a highly utilized database for times series data in our industry. There are currently no other options for pulling time series data into TDV.
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    Add a dict data type to StreamBase

    Currently StreamBase offers following primitive field types: bool blob int long double timestamp string The primitive types can be used in higher order structures: tuple list There are also 2 auxiliary structures: function capture group The ...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 0 Future Consideration
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