Spotfire Ideas Portal
ADD A NEW IDEA

Ideas

    Ability to sort bar chart based on a particular segment

    It would be great to be able to sort based on one segment of a bar for the full bar chart. For example, if I had a bar chart where each bar had segments "On schedule", "On hold", "Behind schedule". I'd like to sort by the "behind schedule" segment...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Tiled markers for projections in map charts

    Tiled marker shapes on scatter plots are very powerful for aggregating lots of data and showing distributed 'heat maps' of measures. Currently there is a limitation whereby they can't be used in map charts which use a coordinate reference system. ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    CROSS Table - border stile and rows

    change thickness of a CROSS table borders, I can see only a Show Border but no property to change it. Some IronPython can help? Put an alternate color for the rows in a CROSS TABLE
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Create Undo/Redo API

    API hook for undo/redo in analysis. Can be tied to Action Control which is useful for automation tasks and analytics apps.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Responsive Table Visualization column widths

    Responsive expansion/contraction to screen visibility of table visualization column whitespace
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Error Bar full customization and shading

    Transparency, thickness, line style, should be customizable on error bars. Shading between error bar max/min also needed
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Apply themes to entire UI

    Side bars, toolbars, should have canvas theme applied. The Spotfire defaults can look out of place / less-professional with custom themes.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Trust all for custom SQL in connectors

    Extremely tedious and error-prone to trust individual SQL statements. A "Trust All" functionality would be helpful.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Limit input options on f(x) flyout

    Limit options for input params so user cannot select data in an unintended way. For instance, Column selection may not want to allow column expression.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Allow in-memory functions for streaming data

    Custom expressions for streaming data are more limited than for in-memory data. Also marking can cause issues. Mostly I only want to calculate columns or expressions on visuals only for the data currently in Spotfire. Would there be some way to ap...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration
    The material provided is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied on in making any purchasing or investment decision. The information is not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion. © 2026 Cloud Software Group LLC. All rights reserved. This page and your use is governed by these Terms of Use.