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    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 0 Future Consideration

    HTML in Annotations

    Floatable HTML annotations like possible in the text area
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Interconnect separate spotfire systems for library and configuration sync

    Some customers run DEV, TST and PROD servers. The occasionally need to copy certain library folders or configurations between these systems. Some customers want to move Spotfire systems to new hardware or the cloud. They need to copy over the whol...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Natively support kml files either as map layers or as data tables that can be shown on map charts

    KML files are commonly used to show features on a map. Being able to use them directly as map layers on a map chart, or otherwise natively support importing them as a data table to then show them on a map chart would be convenient.
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add GeoJSON column type

    Spotfire can already parse geoJSON files and ESRI using geoJSON as a type to be accessed through their API. If the column type existed we could use geoJSON through a database connection to TDV.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    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.
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 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 2 Future Consideration

    Create link(s) to a report in the library with config block settings

    Ability to create a link in the library like a "shortcut" with configuration block settings of a report. This so you can develop a more generic report and share the linked version in the library that contains a different configuration block. Yes y...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Enable Y-axis reset in WebPlayer

    Currently cannot reset the range of Y axis after change to auto on web player Here are the steps to recreate this scenario: See pic. 1 Scatter plots with Curve fits See pic 2 The Y-axis has fixed min and max -30 to 130 I can change the set...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Need for folder-based licensing, or change in Browse permission to disable saving / exporting content (security leak)

    In my Spotfire Library, there are some files containing sensitive data that I do not want users to save, either back to the Library or to the file system, nor do I want them to Export data or visualizations, etc., from those files. I can limit acc...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration
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