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Collaboration / Conversations Customization via IronPython API

The collaboration / conversations feature in Spotfire where users can make comments on a specific visualization is cool, except there are some features that I would prefer to control programmatically. For example, I would like to be able to disabl...
almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Collaboration Future Consideration

Option to turn off padding on Text Area

This would allow creation of side bars and text area control areas with a different background color of other visualizations, and have it look nice. Currently it looks blocky
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area Future Consideration

Multiple language support in visualization mods

It should be possible to have support for multiple languages in a visualization mod. The mod developer should be able to add text resources for multiple languages for UI texts used in the manifest or JavaScript code. It would be nice if existing p...
almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration

Improve JS Mashup API

Cannot get a full data table; can't explicitly call IronPython script - only through workaround; cannot extract individual visualisations from a DXP
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration

PDF Reporting Public API

The new PDF output of visualizations could be very useful if it was accessible via a public API. One can create prepared reports but those are too defined for most self-service scenarios. It would be very useful if there was a public API for creat...
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration

Sample and Preview Data

Easily sample and preview data so initial analysis can be done on data before all data is loaded. Expedites analysis creation greatly
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Management Future Consideration

Flexibility in "Size by" and "Color by" scales

Allow size by and color by to use log scales, segmented scales, intervals from another column. Allow rules in Size By (like Color By currently has).
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Color Groupings

Group large numbers of categorical variables by color groupings (ie color by different column as hierarchy). Related: Color column by another column.
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Value Labels overlayed on bullet graphs, icons, and sparklines of Graphical Tables

Must use separate calculated value column currently, which takes a lot of horizontal real-estate
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration

Autocomplete in Text Input fields

Property controls and filters should have autocomplete enabled
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience Future Consideration
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