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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 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Trust all for custom SQL in connectors

Extremely tedious and error-prone to trust individual SQL statements. A "Trust All" functionality would be helpful.
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 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 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Overlay Property Controls on Charts

Overlay property controls on charts to reduce need for reserved text areas and so actions/filters related to visuals can be kept close to each other.
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Order Map Layers from the Layers Panel on Visualization

It would be nice to be able to reorder layers for map visualizations directly from the visualization's layers panel. This prevents many clicks and improves usability, saving time.
over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Maps / User Experience 0 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...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

Filter mouse over

When importing a filter in a text area, it would be great to show the name of the filter when we mouse over. I often end up adding the filter names manually in the text box title bar. This could help to guide end users when dealing with several fi...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Filters / Text Area / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Dashboard layout should support snapping to grid or orientation lines

when there are many widgets in a dashboard, it is really hard to keep them all arranged in a nice manner. e.g. have small widgets left and right and a bigger one in the middle - the user ends up in using a physical ruler holding to the screen to b...
about 3 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 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

Tab Groups and improved page navigation

When you have a very large notebook, accessing tabs or rearranging tabs is a huge pain. The idea here would be to add several functionalities that would help improve this process. Specifically: Allow tabs to be sorted along the bottom into groups ...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration