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    Box Plot transparency for outliers only

    When adjusting the transparency of box plots (in Visualization Properties > Appearance), this should apply only to outlier points and not box itself. Transparency is useful for seeing when multiple points overlap. I'm less interested in making ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Improve JS Mashup API

    Cannot get a full data table; can't explicitly call IronPython script - only through workaround; cannot extract individual visualisations from a DXP
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    PDF Reporting Public API

    The new PDF output of visualizations could be very useful if it was accessible via a public API. One can create prepared reports but those are too defined for most self-service scenarios. It would be very useful if there was a public API for creat...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Flexibility in "Size by" and "Color by" scales

    Allow size by and color by to use log scales, segmented scales, intervals from another column. Allow rules in Size By (like Color By currently has).
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Color Groupings

    Group large numbers of categorical variables by color groupings (ie color by different column as hierarchy). Related: Color column by another column.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Value Labels overlayed on bullet graphs, icons, and sparklines of Graphical Tables

    Must use separate calculated value column currently, which takes a lot of horizontal real-estate
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Multiple language support in visualization mods

    It should be possible to have support for multiple languages in a visualization mod. The mod developer should be able to add text resources for multiple languages for UI texts used in the manifest or JavaScript code. It would be nice if existing p...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Full customization of tooltips

    Font size, font type, font style, colors, transparency should all be customizable.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Connect multiple visualizations together into a single tile

    Doing this should also reduce the padding between visuals, allowing the display of complex multivariate information without worry of resizing issues on page. New, interesting visuals could be created this way
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Highlight all related data on visualizations on one-to-many relations)

    Scenario Two data tables have a Relation on a common column, as well as Column Match. When mouse hovers on a data point/row in a Scatter and Table visualizations respectively, a separate Line Chart responds by spotlighting the corresponding data (...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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