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    When combining columns, long column names can be difficult to read, so I would like to be able to change their width.

    There is a rule that requires column names to be long, so they may not be distinguishable just from the beginning of the name. Currently, even if the column name is long, the width cannot be changed and it is therefore unreadable.
    9 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience 2 Future Consideration

    Allow favoriting a file from the file

    Convenience. Better UX. Sometimes (often) I receive a file via a link to it. After processing it I want to favorite it. I don't know where it lives in the library. What to do? There is no way to get the library path from a dxp file, so if I want t...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    SDK Add detailed message for custom license IDs that are too large for the server database

    I added a very detailed and descriptive custom license ID for custom code utilizing the SDK, but when I went to deploy the update to the server I got a non-descript error. Ultimately we had to get TIBCO involved to help us track down what went wro...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Alert the user that a restart is required when when changing preference

    Alert the user that a restart is required when a restart is required when changing some preference options, like tools>options...>Application>Development>show development menu
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Automate Summary Table > Cross Table that preserves configuration

    I believe that any Summary Table can also be expressed as a Cross Table. When I switch visualizations from a summary to cross table, I lose all the configuration that I set up. That should not happen.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    How to put our template into "sample analysis" listing?

    hi supporter,Pls refer to the attached image.We like to have a template of url linkages for internal/external videos/documents.We figured out that we can do it by doing the below steps:- 1. Placing the desired template under C:\Program Files (x86)...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    In-DXP display of file location for current .dxp

    When opening a .dxp in an Analyst client, there's currently no way for users to see its file path via the GUI. This creates a quandary when saving the file under the same filename - e.g., unintentional overwrite. Programmatically, this can be done...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Auto-Sizing of Spotfire Canvas

    When designing dashboards on one size of screen, it's easy to make them aesthetically pleasing with the correct layout and appropriate font sizes. Text areas however do not shrink when the screen size changes, and whilst I do appreciate there is a...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Help to identify fields/expression having issues

    This would help to identify faster fields that require attention. See attached screenshot for a proposition. In this case, the issue was an invalid column name in the 'Limit data using expression:" field, but it could also have been in other place...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    remove local file results from library file open dialog search

    When I select "Spotfire Library" from the file open flyout, then type in a file name to search on, I get results from the file system. This is not expected, since I am searching the Library not the file system. This is confusing and many times I e...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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