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    Allow Side-By-Side Bars to Overlap

    Several users are disappointed that Spotfire doesn't have all the charting features available in Excel. One feature I'd like to see is the ability to overlap side-by-side bars. I know we can stack bars, but that is not what I'm talking about. The ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Missing API for Graphical Table.CreateLayout

    We found out that we have APIs to programmatically scroll table plots, summary table and cross tables using API var table = visual.As<SummaryTable>();layout = table.CreateLayout(); But we do not have such API for Graphical tables. This is a ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Improved LDAP error logging

    When LDAP search is run, to verify a logging in user, and the server returns logs a warning like "Error performing an LDAP search", the search should also be logged, so the reason for the errors can be investigated properly. Not know why LDAP retu...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Server Database - Set a value for all entries in the table LICENSE_FUNCTIONS

    Having a field called 'LICENSE_FUNCTION_DISPLAY_NAME' with empty values does not help to get the accuracy required when it comes to creating reporting on Spotfire instances. See attached screenshot. Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards, ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 1 Will not implement

    Create a searchable catalogue of Spotfire Analyses

    My thoughts on an improvement to the product would be a concept of a catalogue, where I could build an analysis and then "publish" it with a description of what it is to a catalogue. people could browse/search the catalogue find something that loo...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Copy Library item ID from Library Administration contextual menu / function bar

    Having a "Copy Library Item ID" from the contextual menu (1) in the Library Administration tool would be great to get a faster way than possible now. Eventually, the possibility to add the same function in the area with the other library actions a...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Integated documentation for visualizations

    Spotfire Analysis workbooks that we are using are containing many visualizations, which increases the complexity for the end user. It would be very useful to be able to attach documentation to each visualization, making the learning curve for new ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Collaboration 1 Future Consideration

    Allow Admins to post in-tool messages to all connected clients.

    To provide better user engagement and more efficient use of resources, especially in light of dynamically scaling down the number of active Spotfire servers in a cloud configuration, Spotfire Admins should be able to broadcast important messages t...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Add a Favourites folder and Recent Locations option to Information Designer

    THis would save a lot of time. The Information Designer doesn’t even remember where you were last, and open at that location. You have to constantly navigate from the root folder. Adding Favourites and Recent Locations would be a great help. Also,...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

    AutoSynch Library TERR Data Function Parameters, not just scripts

    I'm able to force an auto-sync of a library function upon opening a Spotfire template. This is very useful for distributed templates among many users, as incremental changes in the function will be automatically pushed to every user. However, the ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Scripting 2 Future Consideration
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