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    Mods API for formatting of calculated values

    To render calculated values in a mod (e.g. to display a continuous scale) there is a need for an API to get the values formatted according to the settings made in Spotfire, similar to what's achieved with row.continuous("Y").formattedValue().
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration
    124 VOTE

    in-visualization drill down on chart axes hierarchies and cross-table axes levels

    Currently when you have a hierarchy on either a cross-table OR a visualisation axes ie. Year->Month->Day or Country->State->town... you cannot drill through the Hierachy - only expand it to show EVERY single value across every level of...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 13 Future Consideration

    add API to manipulate CheckBoxHierarchyFilter

    One of our customers would like to use the API (via an IronPython script) to manipulate the CheckBoxHierarchyFilter in the following ways: (1) Get the search results. (2) Perform all four actions ("Select", "Deselect", "Select Other Values", and "...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Allow urls and external content to be opened from Mods

    Currently urls and external content is blocked in mods, so it is not possible to add a link in a Mod for someone to click on. It would be very useful to be able to display links in Mods such as links to other Spotfire tools, external content and i...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration
    108 VOTE

    Allow changing grand total and subtotal names in cross tabs.

    Would like ability to change the name of the Grand Total/Subtotal columns and rows in a crosstab. Perhaps add a variable or expression to show what the subtotal is referring to, e.g. Subtotal Product.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Inlcuding a field on the y-axis to add unit information

    Currently in Spotfire, you can either change the number format of the value axis, or change the name of the variables of the value axis to include unit information. However, the first option adds the unit on all labels of the y-axis. This sometime...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
    106 VOTE

    Keep Colour schema when change the Colour dimension

    In any graph, If the dimension on colours section change, the Colour scheme will change with to the default one. I think it would be more correct if it the graph keep the same color scheme even if the dimension that manage the colour change. We s...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration
    111 VOTE

    Set scale label intervals

    * In a DecisionSite Client scatter plot, you can set tick intervals(Properties dialog > Axes > Add > Ticks > Interval) * In a DXP scatter plot, you only have the Max number of scale labels setting(Properties > Y-axis > Scale labe...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration
    102 VOTE

    Replace all Tooltips with jQuery qTip type look, feel and config

    Currently tooltips are difficult to use effectively in Spotfire BUT essential in value adding to the users experience. If you allowed a user to set up a tooltip with some base options like: hover-over : true/false; follow-mouse: true/false; style-...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Ability to disable storing data in the undostack to prevent continuous increase in memory consumption when data is refreshed

    Per request from the Support team (Case#02157929), I am creating this urgent feature request. The customer(s) are severely impacted by the continuous memory consumption when the open template (a dashboard) has automatic refresh every n minutes. At...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 5 Future Consideration
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