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    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

    Allow Custom Expressions to be written using IronPython

    The current custom expression language is adequate for simple expressions, but having a full fledged python interpreter would greatly increase the readability and utility of these expressions/functions. Further, since the current custom expression...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Color Scheme doesn't retain custom colors

    It is nice to be able to create a color scheme with custom colors (using the colors coordianates). Now when you finish creating this color schema and want to reuse the color scheme you saved, all the colors you have created disapeare. It would be ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Overall custom style (CSS and JS)

    We would like to update he current HTML components and extend them. For this we want to have the option to enable a custom style sheet and javascript to be loaded with every report. Then the developer has the option to utilize this and we can over...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 2 Future Consideration
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