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    Write back to Database

    It would be great to have a write-back to database feature that does not involve scripting. A lot of users will find write-back to database feature through a native interface simple and easy to use.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Vector based export of visualizations

    should be able to export visualizations into a vector based image. This would mean that the image can be imported into dedicated drawing applications for further enhancement, and that the image can be used for fine printing and publications.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Export 1 Future Consideration

    new Column Properties: need to select the active table.

    The new Column Properties, when activated via the menu, needs to go to the table behind the currently active visualization (as I believe it used to do), instead of forcing the author to scan to find the needed table first. We have users with dozen...
    2 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    New filter type - dropdown (combo)

    Could we please get dropdown as an option for filter types? This would prevent us having to use trickery with dropdown lists bound to a doc prop. We use dropdowns on nearly every portal, because they use less screen estate. Could we also have th...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Mapcharts - basic label customisation / fix image bg

    On mapcharts please add customisation to the way labels render. Minimum: Turn borders off Remove background fill Set foreground colour Set font family / size etc (as per typical css font styling) Ideal: Change bg colour (or none) Change fg co...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Change the Font Type and Size of a Filter Used in a Text Area

    I have made the font sizes larger everywhere on my visualizations - titles, axes, text boxes, labels, etc - so everything will be easy for my client to view. Now, however, my text boxes with filters look funny because all the fonts are large excep...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration

    Control Web Player start page elements

    *Goal:*I would like to request the ability to control the elements on the Web layer start page. Specifically, what the defaults are and if the element is visible on the page or not. Example:1. We would like to default the view to Browse Library ev...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 2 Future Consideration

    A way programmatically to migrate and change the types to solve the problem

    This is related to Support ticket 2559163. The exception is thrown before constructor deserialization, so the developer can't catch that exception. The fix is to throw the exception when deserializing the explicit immutable property.
    5 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 To be Reviewed

    improve button (action control) appearance

    One of our customers wants the button (action control, typically added in a text area) appearance to be improved. For this use case the button is associated to an IronPython script that could take a while to run. Regarding the behavior of the Acti...
    5 months ago in Spotfire / Text Area / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    WebUI: Select privilege same behaviour as in Studio

    If a user has only select privileges in Studio, they can use the objects in Studio but cannot read the objects. With the same privileges, the objects are visible in the WEBUI. I expect the same behaviour as in Studio
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / access control 0 To be Reviewed
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