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    Support unicode characters

    I have an analysis where I use special characters as part of the text (e.g. https://unicode-table.com/en/27D0/). As you can see in the attached 7.11 dxp file the character displays nicely within a table or cross table. However it cannot be displ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Already exists

    Reorder which markers are on top or be able to change transparency based on color by

    On a map chart especially, but it could be applicable to other visualizations, when I color by a certain field, I would like the option to be able to reorder which of my colors appears on top, and/or be able to make some of the colors transparent ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Already exists

    Change Data Type with Wildcard

    It would be great to be able to change data type by wildcard, and as more columns are added that fit the wildcard for either the title of the column or the type of data, the data type change would grab those too. Example: All integers to real Ex...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Perceptually uniform color scales (Viridis, Magma, Plasma)

    Perceptually uniform color gradients are both more intuitive for human brains to connect gradients to a color, and are more compatible with various forms of color blindness than are most of the color scales in Spotfire. I'm tired of manually codin...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Restore the ability to jump to a file/ folder by typing the first letter(s) of it while browsing the library through the "Files and Data" menu

    With new UI in Spotfire 10, it is harder to navigate to files that are multiple folders deep in the library or in very long lists. In the "Library Administration" menu item, the library is presented similar to a Windows File Explorer window where ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Intellisense suggestions of categorical column values when using custom expression builder

    When creating a custom expression to limit/select data using a categorical value e.g. if([City] = 'London', 'True', 'False') This would help user experience and productivity / reduce human error.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Control Order for data table loading

    I have not seen an idea requested or the functionality in Spotfire, but feel free to correct me if the functionality exists. My dashboard is populated using a series of Information Links and Data Connectors. One of my data connectors is dependent ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Show name of data table being processed in open file progress dialog when opening an analysis

    Most of my analysis files use a lot of different data sources. Some take a long time to load - not a problem as I run them once a day. But it would be very nice to see at which data table he's working on instead of just "Opening connection to data...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    allow config.bat create-user command to take domain name as parameter

    We have a customer wants to integrate spotfire with Azure AD for authentication. The integration itself works fine, but the problem is, each Azure AD account must login once, in order to auto-create a spotfire account, so admin can grant license &...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Exclusionary Filters/Prompts for Data Sources

    It is already possibility to filter or provide prompting when loading data from an information link or even from other database sources. However, these filters are limited to POSITIVE matches (single select, range, multi-select, etc). It would be...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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