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    BoxPlots in Graphical tables

    We need to have boxPlot as a new axis for graphical tables ... similar to bullet graphs.This is very useful to create vertical boxPlot report
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Use of custom color in every icon (inside color palette).

    Open any chart for eg:- bar chart. Then go inside properties>> Colors tab. Now select a color > Add to Custom Colors and it will be added.But you will not be able to make use of the same custom color in second icon.So there should be some...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Don't use decimals as axis labels when values are integers

    Reproduce:Open file duplicate label.txt. Create a line chart with x-axis [Column 1] and y-axis Sum([DSHBRD_CATG_ID]). Reduce the y-axis filters to 0-3, ResultsThe y-axis labels show 0, .5, 1, 1.5, etc., even though there are only whole numbers. If...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Ability to use Hierarchy slider and custom expressions

    Customer information: Yonghun Choi,Matrix2B Co., Ltd. (DIST),1-F1JMYP When using a custom expression on an axis including an hierarchy, the hierarchy slider is not visible. Customer would like to have the slider visible even when using a custom ex...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Support all types of columns through the JavaScript mashup getDistinctValues method

    The getDistinctValues method can through an API error for certain types of columns (dates, hierarchies, booleans, long integers). This request is to support returning all types of data through this API.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Add method to the JavaScript mashup API to check Spotfire version

    I'm working on Selenium based tests for Spotfire reports. Some tests need to vary depending on the Spotfire version (e.g. clicking on the export menu option is different in 10.x versus 7.x). It would help if there were a supported API to check wha...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Make user use summary tables, statistic table of box plot directly in another visualization

    I want to use it directly without exporting it to data table and adding
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Export / Visualization 0 Likely to implement

    More color scheme choices please

    Spotfire offers a paltry number of color schemes in the color dialog. 2 multi, and blue, gray and green. There are no decent accessible categorical schemes (eg red-green colorblind sensitive). No divergent color schemes. Tableau rocks all over this.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Error bands

    In other applications it is easy to create error bands (e.g. Origin), that visualize the potential area in which a measurement can really be. It helps in trending to see if newly acquired values are within an expected or validated Region of a proc...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Custom Curve Draw where values do not change when switching between log and linear axis

    If you draw y(x) = x as custom line and have linear axis, everything is fine. However, switching an axis to log has the unexpected consequence that y(x) is NOT x anymore. I understand the logic that if you switch the y axis to log you have log10(y...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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