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    Color line items for a column value wrapped in a hierarchy.

    I want to draw attention to particular rows in which the string values meet specific criteria. If my y-axis column is just "costs" then I can color based on value, but it being a hierarchy I have no option to color on any level.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    inconsistent behaivour when using <a href=#> in client and webplayer

    I am using a document with large height and using html anchors to navigate to different sections of the page. Works fine in client but not webplayer <a href="#secitonA">Go to Section A</a>::<h1 id="sectionA">Section A</h1> ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Auto-refreshed data tables

    It would be very useful to have the data from data connections being refreshed automatically when the data has changed in the data sources and to have the refreshed data being reflected in data tables and visualization in Spotfire.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Sort Nested Bars by Value in Category Axis

    It would be great to be able to sort the nested bars by value in visualizations that support a Bar Chart (BarChart/CombinationChart classes). Having a nested categorical X-Axis, looking to have the bars in descending/ascending order by value for e...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Request support for various versions of Linux OS

    Customers have an increasing variety of OS choices, but the requirements suggested by Spotfire are somewhat restrictive. In the case of Amazon Linux, its internal engine is based on Red Hat, yet it is not supported, which customers find difficult ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Unlikely to implement

    Add USA Township and Range Feature Layers

    Currently, Spotfire has built-in state and county feature layers. Request adding township and range feature layers.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Quickly transform data using Python or R

    The Spotfire Data Canvas should support transforming data with Python or R code that's added directly to the data canvas pipeline. With a couple of clicks you should be able to paste your Python or R code directly into a new data function which is...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Better indication as to why the launch RStudio button is disabled

    We've found that even though we have RStudio installed we see the button within Spotfire disabled. It's taken quite a bit of troubleshooting using the ProcMon tool to discover that Spotfire relies on specific registry entries to find RStudio - and...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    How to change bins in BoxPlot distribution view

    I would like to be able to change the number of histogram bins that can be displayed on the y-axis of the boxplot.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Loading Queue Concept - Instead of harsh timeout/loading circle, users want to see progress

    One of the issues and challenges we've constantly faced with users is that they don't see any feedback from the system if the reports are loading. By just having a spinning circle without any progress indicator, the users are unaware of what is ha...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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