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Ideas

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

Clear marking in response to filtering

Scenario Data Table with 2 rows, with 1 row marked. A filter is applied such that the marked row is filtered out; however, marking persists. Goal Clear marking for those rows that are affected by applied filter without the use of Data Function/Scr...

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Autocomplete in Text Input fields

Property controls and filters should have autocomplete enabled

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Text modals upon execution of action controls / visualization actions

Ability for actions in visualizations to launch text modals/popups, such as a tooltip on usage. This will help consumers know their actions are taking place and guide their usage of analytics apps

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Reorder columns in UI elements

Ability to reorder column and table display orders in select boxes and filters. This helps promote commonly used columns in those elements and give more flexibility than only alphabetical sorting.

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Catalog of Community contributions embedded in Spotfire

E.g. data functions, themes, intelligent recommendations; calculated column expressions; colour schemes. Users should be able to contribute from the product directly and consume from within the product directly

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Zoom any visualization regardless of zoom slider visiblity

Recommend replacing zoom sliders with a magnifying glass on charts, similar to tableau. Zoom sliders take up a lot of space and are cumbersome to handle and toggle.

almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

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