Feature Requests & Product Ideas
Quote from Karen Hewitt on April 10, 2026, 5:00 pmWe’d love to hear your ideas.
If there’s something you’d like to see in Reportworq, post it here.
When submitting a request, it’s helpful to include:
- The problem you’re trying to solve
- How you’re currently handling it
- The impact it would have on your workflow
We regularly review this thread as part of our product planning process.
- Reportworq Product Team
We’d love to hear your ideas.
If there’s something you’d like to see in Reportworq, post it here.
When submitting a request, it’s helpful to include:
- The problem you’re trying to solve
- How you’re currently handling it
- The impact it would have on your workflow
We regularly review this thread as part of our product planning process.
- Reportworq Product Team
Quote from Llewellyn Evans on June 18, 2026, 6:32 pmProblem : Graph out Geographic Data onto a map for multiple elements - Excel Maps are not supported.
Currently handle it with a simple Bubble Chart with transparent fill, and image of global map behind it, with the bubbles for regions at specific x,y positions. I have spent some time with using Claude to generate a sample file where it uses cells with conditional formatting, but this does not render well as a PDF becuase we have to use so many cells [attached sample excel file]. It is difficult to find another solution since VBA cannot be used to know knowledge.
Impact - this would improve our reporting quality and meet user expectations because the graphs work within IBM Planning Analytics Graphs and Excel, we just cant use ReportWORQ to generate this so we have to use a simplified Bubble Chart for most of our reporting.
Problem : Graph out Geographic Data onto a map for multiple elements - Excel Maps are not supported.
Currently handle it with a simple Bubble Chart with transparent fill, and image of global map behind it, with the bubbles for regions at specific x,y positions. I have spent some time with using Claude to generate a sample file where it uses cells with conditional formatting, but this does not render well as a PDF becuase we have to use so many cells [attached sample excel file]. It is difficult to find another solution since VBA cannot be used to know knowledge.
Impact - this would improve our reporting quality and meet user expectations because the graphs work within IBM Planning Analytics Graphs and Excel, we just cant use ReportWORQ to generate this so we have to use a simplified Bubble Chart for most of our reporting.
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Quote from Andy Weiss on June 19, 2026, 9:46 amLLewellyn,
The components we currently use to generate and refresh Excel files do not support Excel's native map chart functionality. We have been exploring options for bringing map-style charting to ReportWORQ through either the Excel Add-in or a custom RW* formula.
Our current thinking is that we would integrate a mapping library into ReportWORQ. ReportWORQ would provide the data and chart configuration, and the mapping library would generate an image that could then be inserted into the Excel workbook during report generation or refresh.
One of the solutions we've evaluated is Mapbox. It appears to be one of the strongest options from a functionality and quality perspective. However, Mapbox does not seem to offer an OEM licensing model that would allow us to bundle it directly with ReportWORQ. Instead, customers would likely need to bring their own Mapbox account and provide an API key for use within ReportWORQ. If we move forward with a commercial mapping solution, this is probably the direction I would lean.
There are also other alternatives that are either open source or offer OEM licensing options. Some of the products we've identified so far include Highcharts Maps, MapLibre, and OpenLayers. We have not completed a full evaluation of those options yet.
I'd be interested in hearing whether anyone has recommendations for mapping libraries we should review, as well as any thoughts on the customer experience of requiring a separate Mapbox license if we choose that route.
-Andy
LLewellyn,
The components we currently use to generate and refresh Excel files do not support Excel's native map chart functionality. We have been exploring options for bringing map-style charting to ReportWORQ through either the Excel Add-in or a custom RW* formula.
Our current thinking is that we would integrate a mapping library into ReportWORQ. ReportWORQ would provide the data and chart configuration, and the mapping library would generate an image that could then be inserted into the Excel workbook during report generation or refresh.
One of the solutions we've evaluated is Mapbox. It appears to be one of the strongest options from a functionality and quality perspective. However, Mapbox does not seem to offer an OEM licensing model that would allow us to bundle it directly with ReportWORQ. Instead, customers would likely need to bring their own Mapbox account and provide an API key for use within ReportWORQ. If we move forward with a commercial mapping solution, this is probably the direction I would lean.
There are also other alternatives that are either open source or offer OEM licensing options. Some of the products we've identified so far include Highcharts Maps, MapLibre, and OpenLayers. We have not completed a full evaluation of those options yet.
I'd be interested in hearing whether anyone has recommendations for mapping libraries we should review, as well as any thoughts on the customer experience of requiring a separate Mapbox license if we choose that route.
-Andy