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    Table Coloring - Additional Automated (Improved) Coloring Options

    The ability to apply coloring to both the text and the background of elements in a table-type visualization is very useful. The automated options (Spotfire categorical, Spotfire categorical, Blue categorical, etc) are also very useful and time sav...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Combo Chart Enhancement

    Option to set axis font color instead of defaulting to "series by" color. I can't use yellow or light colors for bars or lines because the axis will be unreadable. Option to have multiple scales when using stacked bars with lines. Majorly limits v...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    API to set table dependencies

    SF10.10.x reloads/refreshes the data tables based on the table creation order. So the first created data table is the first one to be refreshed while the last created table is the last one to be refreshed. This sequential operation allowed us to c...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    add API to manipulate property controls in text area

    Please add API to manipulate property controls in text area, such as adding/changing/removing available options in dropdown list or listbox.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    expose API to configure preferences for groups

    We have some Spotfire Analyst custom modules that utilize preferences to store settings, and these settings are in json format so it's difficult to modify it using text editor so we provide a custom tool to do this. To apply these settings to pref...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Tree-Map Add Color value to Hierarchy label

    I have a treemap with variables for size, color and hierarchy (MultiSelectListBox). I would like the label of the hierarchy + the label of the color/size value. Initially I have <$map("${Hierarchy}", " nest")> that work. So I tried <$map(...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Needs Info

    Detailed lineage in Business Directory

    Right now the Business Directory presents a summary of the table level lineage, i.e. what data source the data originates from. We need to add support for the full detail lineage at the table level as well as detailed column level lineage like we ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 1 Will not implement

    Group Custom Tools in the right-click context menu

    Request: When registering a Custom Tool on a Visualization should also allow the creation of groups like in the menu in Spotfire Professional. This change should also carry over to the Web Player.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Line Charts - Color areas between lines

    Allow in Line charts (or scatter plots) a way to color areas between lines. Color should be based on some logic. Simple example with 2 lines: Line A, Line B.In case of Line A above Line B, color the area between those two green. In case Line B is ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Format Continuous X-Axis DateTime as Date

    This functionality exists for categorical axes but not for continuous. There seems to be no way around the formatting issue, even when the column in question is formatted as needed.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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