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    Allow for manual adjustment of label positions in marker layers and/or enable the way of displaying labels in feature layers the same way as it is done in marker layers i.e. with link between the point/polygon and label.

    Currently it is not possible to manually adjust position of labels using marker layers. This option has been provided for feature layers though the labeling system in feature layers differ from the one implemented in the marker layers. In marker l...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Grand Total Bar

    Adding the option to display a Grand total bar in Bar Chart Properties could help to quickly visualize overall data without having to create a separate Chart.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow deletion of multiple lines and curves

    In 7.12 (not sure about X), you must delete lines and curves one at a time. Would like the ability to delete more than one at a time.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    When inserting Image item, use a link instead of embeded image.

    I usually insert my company logo on each report, it is embeded, but now the company change logo, and I need to replace it on all reports (arround 1800 on my last count), I really would like it to be an url, so I can just change the source image in...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Hierarchical sorting in Cross Table

    When looking at data in a hierarchical cross table with multiple headers and sub-totals it is sometimes useful take the hierarchy into account when doing the sort. E.g. For a grouped table that show the sales of different products by customer one ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Retrieve spatial objects from database only for the current extent

    When we have lot of spatial objects in the database (about 2millions) it should be interesting to load only data from the current extent.
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add (Tools menu) Models to Recommendations Engine

    It would be valuable to have an option to initiate the Tools menu models (Data Relationships, Clustering, Regression, Classification) with the Recommendations engine. Data exploration can become tedious and haphazard when dealing with more than a ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow grid lines in chart foreground

    See attached. With grid lines in background of this bar chart, it's not very visible or useful. Transparency helps, but still not ideal. Allowing grid lines to be in foreground would help. Also should allow changing color of grid lines so chart ...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    sort Y axis (numeric) descendantly on cross tab

    Customer wants to sort Y axis (numeric) descendantly on cross tab. Thanks.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    export/import color scheme from/to combination chart

    Customer want to export/import color scheme from/to combination chart, which is not available for combination chart (only), in case of bar chart or scatter plot, this can be done in 'Colors' tab of the Properties dialog.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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