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    API: Add option to obtain guid for the sbdf file of a SbdfLibraryDataSource in case its name is not uniqe

    I've confirmed the following with support: There's currently no way to obtain the guid of the sbdf in the library which is used as data source in case its name is not unique in the library. My request is to add an option to obtain the guid easily ...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Auto Scroll table plot to always show first marked row in visible area

    Need an option to always show first marked row in a table plot. Currently, the marked rows may be in the invisible area of the table plot. Users have to manually scroll to find them ... providing an automatic scrolling would be great.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Set Grand Total for Cross Table to Match Aggregate of Column Using Just the Visible "cell values"

    With a cross table I'd like the option to have the "Grand total" match the aggregation method for the column and calculate on only the visible rows (based on show/hide criteria). For example: if the column is calculating the avg(sale qty), which r...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Allow columns that are not primary keys as key columns for linked data like Tags

    Hi All: Currently, I need to create a primary key column (a column with one unique value per row) in a Spotfire data table in order to link data like tags. For many situations, this is not ideal. We often have tables with columns that are not pr...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Tags 0 Future Consideration

    Scatter plot line connection only for selected columns on Y-axis

    In scatter plot line conneciton properties, lines are drawn for all columns on Y-axis. There is no option to choose line connection only for a particular column/columns out of group of columns on Y-axis. This is useful prticularly when plotting ra...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Orthogonal Distance Regression (ODR)

    Hi We would like to see the orthogonal regression as an additional comparison method under Tools-->Data Relationships to add this type of regression to the data relationship tool
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Header options in Export to Powerpoint. Right now only Footer option available.

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    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Export 2 Future Consideration

    The Action "Navigate to visualization" should take page scroll into account

    In my analysis I have a page that is very tall, so there are scrollbars on the page. At the bottom of the page I have a KPI chart that has actions to navigate to a second page with details about the clicked KPI Tile. At this second page, I have a ...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Waterfall Total as Stacked BarChart with percentages

    After my WebCast today (PerkinElmer's What's new in Spotfire 7.11 LTS and 7.12) I recieved a couple of questions on how I built the Waterfall chart with percentages in the total. Well I must admit that this is a combination of two charts a Waterfa...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add background color to all visualizations

    Right now I can only add background color to whole page, but cannot add color to just the image background
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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