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    Multiple scales > for each series type

    .s of now, there is a limitation with using multiple scales when stacked bars are used. If the Multiple scales can be used based on Series types, i.e Bars/Lines, it will be very efficient to display data in Oil and Gas industries where one Series ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Allow change data source load method between external and import

    Customer request this feature to make spotfire even more easy to use. As you know when importing data from database via data connector, either external or import can be specified, however it can not be changed after the import is done. Customer ho...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Color line items for a column value wrapped in a hierarchy.

    I want to draw attention to particular rows in which the string values meet specific criteria. If my y-axis column is just "costs" then I can color based on value, but it being a hierarchy I have no option to color on any level.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Node Labeling in Data Canvas

    Part of code documentation is following the sequence of logic used to build a data table. While calculated expressions support double-slash comments, not every node requires a calculated expression. Being able to add a comment / annotation to the ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    to include R-sq for non-linear curves

    No direct and easy option appears to include R-square for polynomial curve fit unlike linear curves. This would be advantageous to include for making the case for Spotfire as a tool for statistical analysis. As a work around in order to get an R-s...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Better indication as to why the launch RStudio button is disabled

    We've found that even though we have RStudio installed we see the button within Spotfire disabled. It's taken quite a bit of troubleshooting using the ProcMon tool to discover that Spotfire relies on specific registry entries to find RStudio - and...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 0 Future Consideration

    Loading Queue Concept - Instead of harsh timeout/loading circle, users want to see progress

    One of the issues and challenges we've constantly faced with users is that they don't see any feedback from the system if the reports are loading. By just having a spinning circle without any progress indicator, the users are unaware of what is ha...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    style table header individually using ironpython

    It would be helpful to be able to style a table column header individually using an ironpython script. In particular, it would be nice to change the direction (vertical) and the color of the text of a single column header. Tibco Case_ID:02085678 P...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    link to spotfire from Data Workbench dataflow

    It would be great to see a direct link from TDV workbench publish node to open the flow result in Spotfire directly (skipping the steps to select which flow you just made)
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 Future Consideration

    improve usability of filter scheme popup dialog from filter panel

    When user defines lots of filter schemes, the popup window to select/create filter schemes (open from filter panel's Filter Scheme menu) gets very long. End user complains that scrolling up and down the list is difficult to operate precisely, also...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration
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