Spotfire Ideas Portal
ADD A NEW IDEA

Ideas

    Sort Nested Bars by Value in Category Axis

    It would be great to be able to sort the nested bars by value in visualizations that support a Bar Chart (BarChart/CombinationChart classes). Having a nested categorical X-Axis, looking to have the bars in descending/ascending order by value for e...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Request support for various versions of Linux OS

    Customers have an increasing variety of OS choices, but the requirements suggested by Spotfire are somewhat restrictive. In the case of Amazon Linux, its internal engine is based on Red Hat, yet it is not supported, which customers find difficult ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Unlikely to implement

    Add USA Township and Range Feature Layers

    Currently, Spotfire has built-in state and county feature layers. Request adding township and range feature layers.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    How to change bins in BoxPlot distribution view

    I would like to be able to change the number of histogram bins that can be displayed on the y-axis of the boxplot.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add callback function to the JavaScript API to trigger when filters are changed in an analysis

    Currently there is a callback function that can be registered for Marking changes, but this isn't possible with the Filter. This is useful to catch changes in Spotfire filters in a wrapping web application. Right now the only way to do this is a m...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Disable the pdf export option in the right-click pop-up menu

    I want to process the PDF export function using only the javascript API. When a group disables a pdf export license, the pdf javascript API export is disabled. I hope that the pdf export option will be disabled only in the right-click menu and...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Loading Selected Columns from large files

    Currently, if you have a very large file with several worksheets and columns within those worksheets Spotfire must read every column in that file even if you're only using a handful of columns. This makes download and refresh times very long compa...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    API to obtain another page on same screen

    I had a request from a customer regarding the possibility to open a page of a dxp in a new window via API. In essence they would like to click an action item in a viz and obtain another page on same screen, like what you get when right-click on pa...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 1 Future Consideration

    Modify error messages in notifications to hide the stack trace

    Due to security reasons, we do not want to expose the entire stack trace and application logic to users in error messages. We want to replace the error messages with non-descriptive ones, so the feature that enables modifying error messages in not...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Positive/Negative Change Chart

    Please see that attached image. This type of chart displays the overall value for each period as well as the positive and negative change from the last period. Being able to see how many units were added and subtracted from the prior period helps ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
    The material provided is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied on in making any purchasing or investment decision. The information is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion. © 2026 Cloud Software Group LLC. All rights reserved. This page and your use is governed by these Terms of Use.