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Be able to lock any visualization regardless of layout

Currently, only certain visualizations can be locked and in many cases you may want to lock different visualizations and that isn't possible.
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Color the empty cells in Cross table

Hi, We would like to be able to color the empty cells in the cross table. At the moment there is no way to color them by any role. Regards,
over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Set default color scheme from preference

Set default color scheme from Spotfire's preference. The point is to have a color scheme already set for all users, that represents the colors of the company, what is defined by the UX team. So the users didn't need to apply it everytime.
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration / Visualization Future Consideration

When combining columns, long column names can be difficult to read, so I would like to be able to change their width.

There is a rule that requires column names to be long, so they may not be distinguishable just from the beginning of the name. Currently, even if the column name is long, the width cannot be changed and it is therefore unreadable.
11 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience Future Consideration

When setting colors, I'd like to be able to set multiple settings at once.

When selecting a color from a property and assigning a color from the color palette to a category value, I'd like to be able to select multiple values ​​and set the colors all at once. Setting colors one by one takes time, so I'd like to be able t...
11 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Pre-built JS for Text Area options

Being able to use HTML / CSS and JS in text areas is amazing. I so often hear from analysts they don't use HTML/JS etc. We should have prebuilt options such as menus, buttons, accordions / popups etc people can drop and configure in text areas so ...
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area Future Consideration

Data Function New vs Insert

Merge register new with insert as it can be confusing to users. The process of registering a data function and then clicking run to embed it isn't as intuitive as it could be for new users. Could we remove this step somehow?
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience Future Consideration

HTML in Annotations

Floatable HTML annotations like possible in the text area
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Export Spotfire table visualization into Editable PowerPoint table

I am writing to you today to request the addition of a new feature to the Spotfire product. I am a user of Spotfire, and I have found it to be a very powerful and versatile tool for data analysis. However, I have one major request for improvement....
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Export Future Consideration

Allow Custom Expressions to be written using IronPython

The current custom expression language is adequate for simple expressions, but having a full fledged python interpreter would greatly increase the readability and utility of these expressions/functions. Further, since the current custom expression...
over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration
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