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    Bring back option to have the file name as part of the file URL

    Prior to Spotfire version 11.4, when you saved a file to the library, the resulting file URL had the option to have the name of the file as part of the URL. In v11.4, it's a string of letters and numbers which makes it impossible to tell what file...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Will not implement

    Greenplum Connector : add SSL option

    Currently, when we use the Pivotal Greenplum connector in Spotfire, there is no way to specify the use of SSL. And it is by default "No SSL". For security reasons, our Greenplum database is set to use SSL. The dedicated Pivotal Greenplum connector...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 Future Consideration

    Pluggable AI Recommendations

    Use-case specific recommendations would be possible if we open up recommendation framework to be pluggable, and outputs from recommender to be visible
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Planning to implement

    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 0 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 0 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 0 Future Consideration
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