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    Button in Text Area ribbon menu to toggle between `HTML` and regular `Text Area` modes

    Currently, users have to right-click > Edit Text Area/HTML to toggle between modes. Adding a button in Text Area ribbon menu to toggle between the two facilitates editing and allow quick preview of changes.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Enable formatting of background and text

    We need to be able to apply color formatting to both the background and the text of a given object (in a regular data table). Formatting flexibility enables us to differentiate between past due, upcoming, etc. activities in our data table. Current...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    CrossTab - Freeze Grand total for rows & columns

    An option to freeze grand total for rows and columns when scrolling (horizontal and vertical) would be really useful to compare individual vales to the total values. Just like the 'Freeze row headers' feature
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Show background progress activity circle when executing a script in the background

    When executing an IronPython script from a button, or for example by triggering a script when changing a document property the user should have some visual feedback of the fact that there is a background process running.
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / User Experience 1 Already exists

    Spider Chart Multi-Scale

    It would be useful to add a multi-scale spider chart visualization to compare data that do not have the same value ranges. [FR] - Cela me semblerait utile d'ajouter une visualisation araignée multi-échelle afin de mettre en parallèle des données q...
    9 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Don't reset map view when adding a new shapefile

    When adding a new layer (shapefile) to a currently configured map, the map always zooms out to cover the extend of the newly added layer (shapefile). I often have my map zoomed in and set to a specific area of interest and then after I add the new...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Bring back "Embedded in analysis" option during save

    In previous versions of Spotfire, there was a clear option to either embed data or to link to source during the save process. In the latest version, the options are "always new data", "always new data", "new data when possible" and "stored data". ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    word wrap color by titles in the legend

    I would like to be able to word wrap the color by titles in the legend field on the side of graph. I have so much available vertical space, and I would like to use that.
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    use image in cross table cells instead of value

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    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Use parameters in Scheduled Updates

    Hi, It would be very useful to be able to set document parameters in scheduled updates. This way it would be possible to schedule the very same document with different settings. Currently, one has to create as many versions of the dxp as many diff...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 6 Future Consideration
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