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    option to load all numeric data(int,real,etc) as real

    Spotfire automatically determines data type from first 100 rows of data when loading data from text/excel. A new option is expected by users, that is, "load all numeric data (determined as integer or real or others) as real", in order to use real ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Allow manual sorting of the "selected columns" associated with a property control

    The current alternative to workaround not being able to sort the columns within a spotfire property is to used fixed values option would reduce the flexibility of the solution, should columns be renamed for example, and also maintaining the fixed ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 1 Future Consideration

    Visualization Dash to group Details Visualization

    Idea behind this is to Display logically arranged Details Visualization. A drill-down or details visualization takes a lot of Space and often when we move from Summary to details, Summary used for selection initially and then ignored. Idea is to c...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Custom Expressions - formula in-line context

    Add functionality like found in other coding languages (R, SQL, even Excel) which would show preview text when creating a new custom expression. For example: When you start typing... dateadd( you would see something like... dateadd( 'increment'...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Keep formatting in cross table when display name of column changes

    When the display name of a column (cell value) in a cross table changes, the formatting settings are reset. This is highly annoying, especially when column names include a document property which is changed by a user. After each change, the format...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add (line/bar chart) label option for Min/Max only ("Sparkline switch")

    When using line or bar charts, it would improve readability, if only the relevant data points are labeled, e.g. first, last, min, max points. This is often seen in Sparklines and the setting could be named like this in Settings-Labels
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Apache Phoenix connector

    Spotfire should include a connector for Apache Phoenix
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Allow axis in a visualization to be used as a part of an OVER expression regardless of axis type

    Currently, an axis has to be of type Categorical for it to be available in an Custom Expression with OVER() - e.g., [Axis.X] - in a given visualization. However, to add Line and Curves in the same visualization, the axis has to be Continuous. Enab...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Improve map chart marker layer performance

    very slow compared to scatter plot, even though same type of plot. Rendering must complete before user can move on to next action Possibly related to Idea on sampling/previewing data.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Output column mapping replace column

    Outputting a column from a data function that maps to data table should be able to replace an existing column
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration
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