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    Preview top N rows before adding data from Library

    Suppose I want to browse available data in Information Links or SBDF's stored in my Spotfire Library. I would like to preview the top few rows of this data before importing it to analysis. When setting up a Data Connection, you are able to preview...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Limit rows in export

    For security reasons, It would be great to add a parameter to limit the number of rows that can be exported from the web player.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Pre-populate data table column descriptions from data catalog

    Spotfire 12.4 introduced a new feature allowing authors to apply descriptions to data table columns manually in the data analysis flyout. While this is great, and can be a tool for documenting projects, the fact that you have to do this in each in...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    DB2 in-database connector for zOS

    Would be great if you can support zOS for in-database connectors.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Remove 'Prepared Reports' via Spotfire API

    Create ability to remove prepared reports with the Spotfire API. Right now, I believe only viewing a list of existing reports and exporting existing reports is possible.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Provide a global "Cancel" functionality (using a hot-key) within the Spotfire session

    We need a global "Cancel"/"Abort" functionality (using a hot-key like Esc or Ctrl-C) within the Spotfire session, to stop/kill the last operation/process/thread. In many occasions, users invoke (by mistake) an operation that takes a very long time...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 1 Future Consideration

    Usage of I-pencil (i-pad) in Spotfire dashboard

    The Spotfire dashboard doesn't support i-pencil currently and we are able to choose or click the required option only through fingers. It would be really helpful if the Spotfire is enhanced with the i-pencil feature for more convenience purpose. P...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to specify column data types when importing programmatically from Excel.

    I am currently running a script which will replace data tables with excel sheets through a simple file explorer interface. However I am noticing that Spotfire is automatically guessing the data type of a column based on the first n rows of data im...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Change the Font size of Chart Axis

    Hello Team, We would like to get the option to change the Font size of the Chart X or Y Axis axis name (not the scale labels) in the Chart Properties or Tools>Option>Fonts pop-up window rather then changing from the Custom Themes settings wh...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration

    Legend Marking for Segments

    Marking from the legend is not currently supported for color mode "Segments". This is not intuitive. It is confusing that sometimes users can mark a color from the color by legend, but not always. We'd like to be able to mark when using segments a...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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