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    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

    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 1 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

    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

    Autocomplete in Text Input fields

    Property controls and filters should have autocomplete enabled
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Text modals upon execution of action controls / visualization actions

    Ability for actions in visualizations to launch text modals/popups, such as a tooltip on usage. This will help consumers know their actions are taking place and guide their usage of analytics apps
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration
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