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    Visual Mods - ability to set default aggregation of column to 'None'

    When selecting a column in a Visual Mod we need the ability to set the default aggregation method to 'None'. Would be great if this could be customized per Visual Mod or even per column.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    ability to change the list box filter height in the text area

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    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Allow configurable default numbers of bins for histograms

    We'd like to recommend making the default number of bins configurable for histograms. We'd like users to be able to set their own preferences. We get asked about this a lot by users. Most of the time they find the default number of bins too small....
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    CSS for ALL elements

    Currently calculated values, canvas backgrounds, and other elements are 'off limits'. Allowing access to all elements enables "theming" based on CSS templates
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Data Function output column names should be Display Name

    When outputting a column from a data function, the column name is not the display name but rather the parameter name
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Show required packages in f(x) flyout

    At beginning of flyout, so user does not have to figure out by error and author does not need to enter in description as free text.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Sort categorical legend groups (color, symbol, etc.) by any column statistic & add sparklines to legend for that statistic

    There are frequent requests to sort color-by legend groups by a statistic (often count, sum, avg) for some data column shown on that graph. I suggest to generalize this by making it possible to sort any categorical legend group (color, symbol) by ...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Unpivot new columns of specified data types automatically

    I am bringing excel file into Spotfire that has dates as the column names. I have loaded the data into Spotfire by conducting an unpivot transformation on all date columns. When new columns (new dates) are added to the excel file, however, it does...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Add ability to apply filters and markings to Text area property controls

    The property controls in a text area should be able to be limited to both the filters and markings if the property controls are based on unique values in columns. You don't want the options available in say a drop down box if that item is eliminat...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

    Dont erase error bars when adding axis titles

    When creating a scatter plot, if you create error bars but then change axis naming/titling, not the actual column being plotted just the alias name, the error bars disappear. This is very annoying. Can this not happen when titles are changed? Beyo...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
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