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    Treemap should allow Color by Categorial Values (without need for Aggregation method)

    Treemap is a very powerful visualisation for hierarchical data. I found it surprising, that for Color you always have to select an aggregation method. Color has to be a continuous value and cannot be a category. In other visulizations like bar cha...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Create a 'List box' property control with expression within a text area using a table apart from the default table

    While working in the Property control dialog, select the property and set 'Set property value through' to 'Expressions'. However, when you attempt to Edit the Expression, only the column names from the default table are visible but not other tables.
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 2 Future Consideration

    Initiate script (or action control click) through user-defined hotkey or keystroke

    I create and use dashboards with many action control buttons that trigger various scripts. The only way to use these dashboards involves a tremendous amount of mouse movement and clicking. It's slow, and frustrating, and strenuous on the index fin...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Add option to define fixed size for a label in the form of image in a map chart marker layer

    Adding label as image might be useful in various usecases, unfortunately typically you would like to align the image with some other layer and its points. At the moment for labels in the form of image in a map chart marker layer there is only slid...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    seamlessly Zooming in/out of data - using 'layers' in general charts

    Take an easy example: you are displaying a Bubble chart that aggregates some data on some categories. 'Zooming in' (e.g. via mouse scrolling) would mean that going into detail for that category in focus would show all the data points behind that c...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Scheduling & Routing - See Load Status for File Rules

    It would be very useful to show the load status for each file rule alongside the "Execution" datetime (that shows the last run datetime for the rule) on the "Overview" page of "Scheduling & Routing".This is useful because if the Web Player ins...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 0 Future Consideration

    Add preferences/options on how null values should be default handled.

    Add an option to Spotfire that allow you to configure how NULLs are handled when used in expressions and calculations. For instance I would like the option to specify that when using an expression or calculation, that NULLs are treated as empty st...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Button to Force LDAP sync without having to restart the Spotfire Server Service

    It would be very useful to have a button that instantly forces an LDAP sync. The current process mandates a Spotfire Server restart to put into use a new schedule to trigger an LDAP sync. A server restart should not be necessary.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 2 Future Consideration

    Utilize Curve Fit Result directly in another visualization.

    Consume the data retrieved from “Export Curve Fit Result” directly without the need to export it and re-import it back to the analysis itself.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Set default legend items

    Customer wants to be able to specify which legend values should be shown by default when creating a visualization. For example , they want Scatter plot to have "size by" and "color by", but all other legend options to be unchecked by default. Cust...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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