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    missing supported file types

    Some missing supported file types are common (.tsv tab separated values) and others specialized (.vcf and .sam for bioinformatics). It would be nice to have the option to try to open any file type
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration

    "Type to Search field" be set via API/script for list box property controls

    Can the "Type to Serch field" be set via API/script? e.g. Document.Properties["control1"].Search = 'ABC OR GHI' I have a List Box Property control with unique values in a column. Is it possible to get a filter/filterering scheme to update the pro...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Link List Box Property Control to Filter

    This is useful for creating single selection filters. We have a use case for users being able to move through values in a filter ONE AT A TIME. The list box (single selection) property control achieves this but falls short because the selectable v...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Stacked bars labels displayed, no matter the importance of the data value

    When I am using combination charts (x = time, y = count of validation), I use stacked bars to show for example the proportion of male and female who validated, per time period. When there is not so much validations compared to the other months (an...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Enhance Scripting Default Options to Show Dialog box when Application is Not Responding

    Problem: (version 7.6) When a report has a longer running ironpython, the Spotfire application goes into a windows (Not Responding) state. Windows then displays a dialog box prompting the user to Close the Application or Wait for the Program to re...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Colour of line vary with value

    One of our users made the following suggestion: It would be fantastic to be able to colour lines based on value - i.e. the line actually changes colour as the y value varies, or colouring is more versatile on combination charts - for example sep...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    up/down key to change column in column selector PRIVATE

    It is possible to change column by pressing up/down key after activated column selector in spotfire 6.5, and lots of customers(Toshiba) got used to it and heavily relied on it. Unfortunately this behavior changed to opening column select window af...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Data wrangling function to merge multiple dataframes to fill and replace

    Often, multiple sources of data have different level of 'complete cases' - dataset #1 may have 60% filled entries, while dataset #2 may have the remaining 20% that are missing from #1 (both datasets may have all or some columns matching). Currentl...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Allow user to edit DataRelationShip table after insert a transformation

    Once I insert “Transformation” in the DataRelationShip table, the edit table icon will disappear, which mean the user can’t change the X/Y selection any more.We wants to keep the selection icon after insert a transformation for DataRelationShip ta...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    more flexibility to adjust visualizations size (width & height)

    Customer wants more flexibility to adjust visualizations size (width & height) (1) select 1 or multiple (not all) visualizations in a page and arrange them evenly/side by side/stack. (2) set width and height by value (in pixel or percentage) o...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
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