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    Add ability to change the connections from the logon screen

    When moving from Spotfire 7.11 to Spotfire 7.13 and beyond (including 10), connecting to Azure SQL could not connect because the default selection (which is grayed out on the log on screen) could not be changed so that users can connect to the tem...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add a standard way to provide about information and help for Mods

    It's possible to add links to add pop-ups and buttons that links to additional documentation inside a Mod, but it would be better if access to help and about information was handled by the Spotfire framework to make it consistent across all Mods. ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Execute script from a title bar button

    I have a few scripts that act on a specific type of visualization, for example to set map extents so that the maps don't lurch around in a presentation. To execute the scripts, Spotfire requires a text area on the page. This requires exporting the...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 1 Likely to implement

    Filtering Scheme Improvements

    Right now, the default filter type is often inconvenient. For instance, if a column has more than 3 unique options, a check box filter is not my preferred filter type. So, I have to go through and manually set all the filter types to my preferred ...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 2 Future Consideration

    Draw Shape on Map

    It would be really helpful if you could draw a radius or square block and keep it on the map. Much like how the radius function currently works in 7.6 but instead of the circle disappearing after the rows are marked the circle would stay and ideal...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    "Show in user interface" but for Column visibility

    Often a user will create a variety of intermediate calculated columns in order to accomplish a task. Those columns are "working" columns only and are never used for visualization, etc. It would be great for project clarity if you could toggle colu...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Add zebra striping to a crosstable and graphical tables

    Add alternating row colors to Spotfire cross and graphical tables for consistency with regular tables Here is a workaround https://community.spotfire.com/articles/spotfire/javascript-row-styling-for-spotfire-tables-r3471/
    10 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Option setting to hide table relations stripe indicator in Title Bar by default

    With greater emphasis on Theme styling, the color stripe indicator for related tables detracts from the overall aesthetic value. There is currently a Document Property to turn off the stripe indicator. It would be helpful to add this as a configur...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Rename service configuration

    I would like to have the possibility to rename the service configurations. If the current configuration needs to be renamed, export/import the service configuration with a new name, and switch to the new name will create some downtime. As for the ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Show last selected Bookmark in Bookmark panel and be able to update it directly from the panel

    Often, I have to updated bookmarks. So I select one, work on it and updated it. However, when there are many bookmarks I sometimes loose track which one I wanted to update. As much work is flowing into setting up bookmarks, updating the wrong one ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Bookmarks 0 Future Consideration
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