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    Allow the default URL to be configured to be the library path in post 11.4 versions

    In 10.10, the default URL when saving an analysis used the library path in the URL. In 11.4, this changed to be the GUID of the analysis included in the URL as opposed to the Library URL. Would like the option to have the default URL be the librar...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 4 Will not implement

    Floating Legend

    Hello, A floating legend would help preserve space on a dashboard and specific visualizations. The legend is often necessary, but takes up valuable space on the visualization when it could be included in the "whitespace" of a visualization or coul...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Enable Execution of Database Statements in (Custom) Queries

    If one fires a custom query, Spotfire builds a SELECT * FROM () around the query. This means that only queries with a SELECT statement are supported. However, I often have the case that I want to use other SQL statements. For example, the statemen...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Trellis for visualization mods

    Trellis is a very powerful way of visualizing and comparing data in different parts. Spotfire Mods framework should natively support Trellis. I would like the Mods API to automatically provide the Properties configuration dialogue like in bar char...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Additional Options for PDF Export Prepared Report

    The new Prepared Report options for PDF Export are nice, but we would need the following options before we could use this out of the box without custom scripting the exports: Need ability to select a few visuals from a dashboard tab to put on a ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Export 3 Future Consideration

    Data Functions interoperability

    Share data between executions, remove cyclic dependencies, and generally help data functions work together better Submitted by DS Team
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    please expose API to export visualization to excel file

    please expose API to export visualization to excel file, aka utilize below functionality in IronPython script or Action Mods https://ideas.spotfire.com/ideas/SPF-I-42 SPOT-2150 14.0.0 Export tabular visualizations to Microsoft Excel with preserved...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Please add automation services task to export visualization to excel file

    please add task to export visualization to excel file, aka utilize below functionality in Automation Service tasks https://ideas.spotfire.com/ideas/SPF-I-42 SPOT-2150 14.0.0 Export tabular visualizations to Microsoft Excel with preserved layout, s...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    More options for button styling

    Currently the lay-out of the action control buttons in a text-area are outdated. Please add more options for styling these buttons. E.g. type of button, collor of button, shadow, animation, border, etc. Another option would be to add the possibi...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 8 Future Consideration

    should be telling us invalid part of the custom expression visually, not in writting

    When an expression written in the custom expression is incorrect or when a function is invalid, an error is displayed with a red exclamation mark which telling us wrong part in writting, not visually. However it is not clear which part of the expr...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration
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