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    Hotkey to switch from Data Canvas / Visualizations

    It would save a lot of time (and clicks) to have a keyboard shortcut allowing to switch between Data Canvas and Visualization interface.
    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...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to control if notifications should be shown for a specific analysis

    From Spotfire 11.1, a new application preference is available to configure the default value of the "show popup notifications" check box (https://community.spotfire.com/articles/spotfire/whats-new-spotfirer-111/#wiki-header-9). As preferences are ...
    over 1 year 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.
    almost 4 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

    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...
    almost 5 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

    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
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Middle Mouse Click on Graph to PAN CHART

    Make middle mouse button (mouse wheel press) to allow chart panning. Shift + MM press - locks horizontal or vertical pan only (depending on weighted direction of mouse move).
    10 months 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...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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