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    Allow configurable default numbers of bins for histograms

    We'd like to recommend making the default number of bins configurable for histograms. We'd like users to be able to set their own preferences. We get asked about this a lot by users. Most of the time they find the default number of bins too small....
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Unpivot new columns of specified data types automatically

    I am bringing excel file into Spotfire that has dates as the column names. I have loaded the data into Spotfire by conducting an unpivot transformation on all date columns. When new columns (new dates) are added to the excel file, however, it does...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Add ability to apply filters and markings to Text area property controls

    The property controls in a text area should be able to be limited to both the filters and markings if the property controls are based on unique values in columns. You don't want the options available in say a drop down box if that item is eliminat...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

    Lines and Curves > Label and Tooltip...>Value (y) > Format...

    I would like to be able have this as part of the API so I can write an IronPython script to change the format between number and percentage based on a drop-down property.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Add full support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DW) as a data source

    Provide support for Azure SQL DW as a data source. Caching and data ship are out of scope initially. Please indicate in the comments if that is desired.
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Support for multiple tenants within the server

    Allow the server to support multiple separate tenants within one cluster. A tenant would include security users/groups, security policies, cache policies, data sources, shared resources and published interfaces comletely isolated from other tenant...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 1 Future Consideration

    Expand the available columns for "Lines and Curves"

    The lines and curves feature for some visualizations can be improved by allowing other columns (not just the one mapped to the x-axis) of the same data type to be used in computing / aggregating a result. Much like the concept of layers for GIS sy...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add Map Chart Ratio settings in the API

    Be able to feed the map chart ratio settings through the Spotfire API. Required for dynamic wafer maps.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add Native "Insert CSS" Option in HTML Text Areas

    Spotfire HTML Text Area got a native Insert JavaScript option, which is great for adding reusable JavaScript code. On similar pattern, it would be great to add "Insert CSS" option as well to - Create Reusable stylesheets to be added. This will hel...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Filters font and colors- not resizing height and width

    If a user is needed to use spotfire in a platform other desktop client, it would be a very useful feature for developers to make the font size and color changeable for filters on par with other resizable text area elements. It would be a massive i...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration
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