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Kill existing Data Source connection to the database.

Sometimes the existing data source connection (say A)to the database hangs and no more new connections are established until the old connections are released. Though this can be increased(max connections) at data source level, a) It will not cl...
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Already exists

Enable pass-through authentication on web player for data sources using Windows Authentication.

For users who are connected to a database using windows authentication, when their report is published to the server, only those with access to the data source will be able to open the report. This way, the security is only implemented on the data...
12 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 5 Already exists

Make Information Designer a non-modal form

50 times a day, I open Information Designer, navigate a complex folder hierarchy, make my change and close the Designer. Why can’t I keep my Information Designer open all the time in the background and minimise it. Either that or make it a separat...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services / User Experience 1 Already exists

Refresh only one data source

The refrsh button refreshes all data tables. I'd like to have a button that gives me a dropdown list so I can only refresh 1 data source. I have eg a spotfire dashboard with data from 15 data sources. Sometimes I only want 1 data source refreshed,...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Already exists

Make guid of Data Function in Transformation visible in source information

When you insert a data function as transformation, I don't see how you can find out where it is loaded from, so if you have stored a data function with the same name multiple times, you cannot find out which one is actually used in the transformat...
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Functions 1 Already exists

Add "Microsoft Studio" type of feature to browse a database's tables or views and see content and build query; this way data discovery is easier

In a startup company or when you are new toa company's data sources, "finding" valuable data is important and a lot of work. Today I use MS Studio to browse tables and views and build my queries; and then copy them to Spotfire, I'd like to do at l...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Already exists

When refresh data table, how to modify only some of the source information

When Edit> Data Table Properties> Refresh Data, I want to fix only one device or one content. It seems to be a lot of time loss because I have to create all new. I want to refresh the data table by modifying only some of the source information.
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Already exists

Providing Limit expression in data table level

Same like charts/table have Limit by expression, It would be nice if you provide in data table level We can set an expression to restrict data based on user defined expression in data table level
over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Already exists