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    change font of each part of the visualization

    What we know is that font settings only in "Visualization -> Canvas Styling -> Edit custom theme" are applied to PDF/Powerpoint export. The Font tab in Visualization Properties are not applied when export. However the configurable items unde...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add option to prevent the user from openning multiple Analysis files?

    As a developer, I would like the option to force my users of having only 1 Analysis file opened at a time (not in a new Window or Tab) using the Web Player. For example, consider the following use case:The user switches to EDIT mode and then click...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Library 5 Future Consideration

    Support Input Parameters for SAP HANA data source

    At our Company, we use lot of HANA Graphical Models. Graphical Models behave as run time views which can be introspected and used in Composite. One of the most important and essential feature provided by SAP HANA is input parameters in Graphical M...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Future Consideration

    Reliable distro files naming convention

    We had invested a lot of effort into building automations that would allow upgrade Spotfire quickly. Every such upgrade process starts with new distro files as inputs. But for some reason, distro filename convention keeps changing and it breaks o...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 0 Future Consideration

    Convert Hexadecimal TEXT into human readable text

    Convert hexadecimal string into ASCII character and then convert into exact text in human redable for exmple following hexadecimal should convert into Hexadecimal Text: 312c383439393035323435303135313733352c333035343639343039372c462c313130392c3836...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Remove dragging of folders in Information Designer

    Remove the ability to drag folders to move them in the Information Designer. The function is rarely used deliberately and it's too easy to accidentally move a folder and then struggle to find it again.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Bookmarks: Make Apply special -> Filter settings -> Set only adjusted filters etc. available in API

    In the GUI, it is possible for bookmarks with stored filter settings to "Set all Filters", "Set only adjusted Filters" or "Mark filtered rows" via the Apply Special option. According to support, this is not available through the API. It would be g...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    more robust behavior when changing data tables for a visualization

    I have two unpivoted tables with 3 columns each. Account Name, Date, Cost Service Name, Date, Cost I set up a stacked bar chart for Accounts, completely configure it. I then duplicate it and change the data table to Services. Spotfire gives m...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow html on calculated values or document properties

    Just saying. It could be very powerful to allow users to render html on text areas through Calculated Values or Document Properties. Consider this custom expression: "<b>test</b>" This renders as <b>test</b>, but it would b...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Better Logic / Control over Column Name Changes

    Hello, I've recently had a support case (Case#2463638) about unwanted column name changes when using the "add rows" feature in combining data sets. In discussions around that case, we documented some inconsistencies around column name changes that...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration
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