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    Tornado Chart

    A two-sided bar chart (looks like a tornado) where you have two data bars which are opposite to each other and makes it easy to compare both of them. It's a special type of bar chart in which data is sorted vertically from highest to lowest.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Bar race visualization

    A bar chart visualization that animated the bars through periods such as time. The bars resize and relocate for each period.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Circle Packing

    Visualize large amounts of hierarchically structured data. Tangent circles represent brother nodes at the same level; to visualize the hierarchy, all children of a node are packed into that node (and thus determine its size).
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Suggestion to Disable Pre-Update and Post-Update Settings in SQL Editor for Spotfire Information Links

    Hello. I am writing to suggest an improvement to the SQL editor in Spotfire Information Links, specifically concerning the Pre-Updates and Post-Updates settings. Currently, these settings appear to be enabled by default. For our specific use case,...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Needs Info

    Syntax "with" using custom queries with SQLServer

    To simplify the code using SQL Queries, it would be easy to use this syntax : "with my_table (C1) as (select column1 from table_dept) select C1 from my_table" Database : SQLServer
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    "Type to Search field" be set via API/script for list box property controls

    Can the "Type to Serch field" be set via API/script? e.g. Document.Properties["control1"].Search = 'ABC OR GHI' I have a List Box Property control with unique values in a column. Is it possible to get a filter/filterering scheme to update the pro...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Link List Box Property Control to Filter

    This is useful for creating single selection filters. We have a use case for users being able to move through values in a filter ONE AT A TIME. The list box (single selection) property control achieves this but falls short because the selectable v...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Stacked bars labels displayed, no matter the importance of the data value

    When I am using combination charts (x = time, y = count of validation), I use stacked bars to show for example the proportion of male and female who validated, per time period. When there is not so much validations compared to the other months (an...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Enhance Scripting Default Options to Show Dialog box when Application is Not Responding

    Problem: (version 7.6) When a report has a longer running ironpython, the Spotfire application goes into a windows (Not Responding) state. Windows then displays a dialog box prompting the user to Close the Application or Wait for the Program to re...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Scatter Plot Line Connections Caps

    In scatter plot line connections it's sometimes very hard to identify where the line connection starts and ends. Start and end caps or markers would be a great enhancement for the line connection. Options should be size, shape and color.
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration
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