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    Dynamic Sets (Top N and Grouping Others)

    I would like to request enhanced support for dynamic sets in Spotfire.Specifically, I am looking for improved functionality to dynamically display the details of the top N items in a bar chart and group the remaining items as "Others" based on a s...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Trim Hierarchy Filters if all empty below a level (or provide an option)

    If a hierarchy filter is "ragged" then it can look quite confusing to users to see levels such as (empty), (empty), (empty). Especially when using the filter to represent things like folder type structures. It would be great if the hierarchy fi...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Dropdown Multiselect Document Property

    Need to add in the ability in the text area to have a dropdown Menu that is a multi-select checkbox. This would allow for a lot less space to be taken up than a multi-select list box. It would be great if it could spill over on top of another visu...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Expose the API to set individual column width within CrossTablePlots

    The DataTable visual allows for setting individual column widths via IronPython. This API is not consistently implemented across similar tabular visuals, in particular the CrossTablePlot. Though users can adjust individual column widths using thei...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    call another data function inside a data function

    Customer wants to call another data function inside a data function. We understand one can package the data function being call and deploy it. However this idea is simply do it inside a analysis. Thanks.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Update a node automatically when it be automatically trusted.

    I think the features described in the following links are really very good Https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/7.9.0/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/GUID-06B38C0E-0DA7-4E7F-A134-22AE0102E81B.html Https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfir...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 0 Future Consideration

    Better more sophisticated configuraguration options in line from Data Table when adding reference lines from secondary data table

    It would be useful for trellis plots to be able to configure a more sophisticated look up mechanism than is currently available in creating reference lines from a secondary data table. Currently the only solution that seems to work for this partic...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    show cross table cell value text as vertical

    Customer requests this feature that allows cross table to show cell value text as vertical to increase usability.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Node Labeling in Data Canvas

    Part of code documentation is following the sequence of logic used to build a data table. While calculated expressions support double-slash comments, not every node requires a calculated expression. Being able to add a comment / annotation to the ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Multiple scales > for each series type

    .s of now, there is a limitation with using multiple scales when stacked bars are used. If the Multiple scales can be used based on Series types, i.e Bars/Lines, it will be very efficient to display data in Oil and Gas industries where one Series ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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