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    Spotfire Analyst - Add Library Administration features from "Files and data -> Browse the library"

    By having the same possibilities as the Library Administration tool from the "Files and data -> Browse the library", users noticing changes required in the Library do not need to open the Library Administration tool specifically for this purpos...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    In-DXP display of file location for current .dxp

    When opening a .dxp in an Analyst client, there's currently no way for users to see its file path via the GUI. This creates a quandary when saving the file under the same filename - e.g., unintentional overwrite. Programmatically, this can be done...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Upgrade API for visualizations (e.g. move axis positions)

    The API allows toggling e.g. from scatter plot to bar chart (which is useful when e.g. sometimes you need to visualize the outcome of a classification and sometimes the one from a regression). However, different chart types sometimes need a differ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Implementing the Lineage feature while dealing with the data

    Better to implement the Lineage feature while dealing with Data analytics
    9 months ago in Spotfire / Analytics 1 Needs Info

    Charting - Make Limits color and line-width a local user preference

    The default limit color is yellow. I always want to have them in red (and thicker lines). Now I always first make the limits visible and then go to the Properties > Lines etc. to do the change. Please add a local user preference to make this a ...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Auto-Sizing of Spotfire Canvas

    When designing dashboards on one size of screen, it's easy to make them aesthetically pleasing with the correct layout and appropriate font sizes. Text areas however do not shrink when the screen size changes, and whilst I do appreciate there is a...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Freeze rows in Table Visualization

    A table visualization is often used for comparing all table rows to a few special reference rows. It would be valuable if it was possible to ensure that the reference rows are always present in the table, preferably at top of the table, no matter ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Add method in IronPython API to export visualization (as-is) to Excel

    Currently, the CreateDataWriter method is available to export to Excel (reference); however, this export strips any formatting in the underlying visualization - e.g., Table. Spotfire v14.x offers an in-UI feature to export visualizations, as-is (r...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / API / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Folder browser dialog running in web browser

    It is useful because users can select a folder to export with IronPython without installing API on the server. Now if you use the FolderBrowserDialog() in Spotfire Analyst (Windows) it works, while in Spotfire web client does not work. It reports ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API / Export 0 Unlikely to implement

    Data wrangling recommendations based on usage patterns extracted from existing analysis files in the Spotfire Library

    By performing data mining on the analysis files in the Spotfire Library, it would be possible to find out which data sources have been joined with others in the past, and in particular by the current user. Mining could be performed nightly on all ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration
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