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    make more clear message for errors in calculated column functions.

    I'd like to see clearer error messages. It's hard to tell what kind of error a function error is. It's hard to tell from the message what's wrong and how to fix it. Even if it's written in character count, I have to count it, which is hard to unde...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    to export and import property setting data as an external file.

    I'd like to be able to export and import property settings like color settings. It would be even better if they could be applied to multiple visualizations at once. I'd like to be able to save templates for reporting.It would be even better if the...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Change properties for visualization on multiple pages all at once.

    In v14.6, you can now configure multiple visualizations at once, which has been well received by customers. However, currently this is limited to visualizations on a single page. Many customers create multiple, large numbers of pages, so being abl...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Pre-built JS for Text Area options

    Being able to use HTML / CSS and JS in text areas is amazing. I so often hear from analysts they don't use HTML/JS etc. We should have prebuilt options such as menus, buttons, accordions / popups etc people can drop and configure in text areas so ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Data Function New vs Insert

    Merge register new with insert as it can be confusing to users. The process of registering a data function and then clicking run to embed it isn't as intuitive as it could be for new users. Could we remove this step somehow?
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    HTML in Annotations

    Floatable HTML annotations like possible in the text area
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    When combining columns, long column names can be difficult to read, so I would like to be able to change their width.

    There is a rule that requires column names to be long, so they may not be distinguishable just from the beginning of the name. Currently, even if the column name is long, the width cannot be changed and it is therefore unreadable.
    11 months ago in Spotfire / User Experience 2 Future Consideration

    When setting colors, I'd like to be able to set multiple settings at once.

    When selecting a color from a property and assigning a color from the color palette to a category value, I'd like to be able to select multiple values ​​and set the colors all at once. Setting colors one by one takes time, so I'd like to be able t...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Custom Expressions to be written using IronPython

    The current custom expression language is adequate for simple expressions, but having a full fledged python interpreter would greatly increase the readability and utility of these expressions/functions. Further, since the current custom expression...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / API 2 Future Consideration

    Color Scheme doesn't retain custom colors

    It is nice to be able to create a color scheme with custom colors (using the colors coordianates). Now when you finish creating this color schema and want to reuse the color scheme you saved, all the colors you have created disapeare. It would be ...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 4 Future Consideration
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