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    Allow User Gesture Requirement for Custom Visualization Mods to be Configurable

    Mods API 2.4 requires a user gesture (like a click) before AnalysisProperty.set() can write a document property. This blocks any mod that needs to write a property based on a value that only becomes known asynchronously, from streaming data, a loa...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / API / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
    256 VOTE

    Background images in visualizations

    Authors would like to add watermarks, transparency, gradients or other background images to visualization to signal ownership, ensure that exported tables and visualizations are not changed, indicate that a visualization is still being drafted or ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 7 Future Consideration
    249 VOTE

    Color Code for GrandTotal and SubTotal in cross Table

    Apply color rules that determines the background color of grand total and sub total cells in a cross table.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 8 Future Consideration

    Support for opening Microsoft Purview-protected Excel files in Spotfire

    Currently, when an Excel file is saved with the "Strictly Confidential" sensitivity label, the user who saved the file can open the file normally in Excel, but cannot open the same file in Spotfire. It would be appreciated if Spotfire could suppor...
    about 2 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Changing the order of the visualizations that have been added to the email

    We'd like to have the ability to change the order of the visualizations and files that have been added to the email in Automation Services Send email activity.Up/Down buttons.
    3 months ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration
    204 VOTE

    Export to PPT from automation services.

    Add export from PPT in automation services. Just like PDF option.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 2 Future Consideration
    176 VOTE

    Lock DXP for Editing

    Need dxp files to be locked when editing, so others can not overwrite changes that someone else has made. In other applications, when a user opens a file, it will lock the file so nothing else can save over it until the lock is released. We need t...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Library 5 Planning to implement

    Improve UX when ODBC connection fails due to SQL errors

    When setting up an ODBC connection, if the SQL(custom query) is incorrect, the process restarts from the beginning (from the connection settings), which is an issue. It would be helpful if it returned to the SQL input screen. Furthermore, being ab...
    4 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 To be Reviewed

    Support Access to Multiple Python Environments / Repositories

    Enable Spotfire to connect to and utilize more than one Python environment (Python Service / repository) within a single deployment. Currently, Spotfire supports configuration of only a single Python environment. This limitation restricts scenario...
    7 months ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration
    205 VOTE

    Enhanced Combination Chart

    Allow for more robust combination charts. Multiple bar series, line series, stacked lines / area, markers, or any combination. Full color properties for stacked bars, individual line colors or marker colors based on categories or values in columns.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 13 Future Consideration
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