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    Add sort by date option for search results to open file

    You can sort by date when browsing the library. Add this to search results. Often the most recent one is the one you want, and you might as well add sort by last modifier as well. Can't tell you how many times I hit this lack of capability and spe...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    retain library id when copy and paste to overwite a library item

    We'd like to have an option to retain library id when copy and paste to overwite a library item. e.g. when copy file "/folderA/file1" to folder "/folderB/" which already has file1 in it, a dialog is prompt to select how to deal with duplication, i...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Skip NULL fields in JSON responses (REST Data Service)

    When exposing a table/view using REST Data Services, the JSON responses include fields with a NULL value explicitly. In some cases for tables sparsely populated this can add a lot of overhead (tons of NULL fields). This is being the case reported...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 Future Consideration

    Control for hide/show option ‘Download as DXP file’ for particular analyses from web player.

    User wants to hide/show option ‘Download as DXP file’ for particular analyses from library. See attached screen shot. Currently after making below setting false in web.config hides this option for all the analyses in the library. showExportFile="f...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Bring back option to have the file name as part of the file URL

    Prior to Spotfire version 11.4, when you saved a file to the library, the resulting file URL had the option to have the name of the file as part of the URL. In v11.4, it's a string of letters and numbers which makes it impossible to tell what file...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Will not implement

    Enable/Add ClickHouse database adapter

    Require TDV to be able to connect ClickHouse Database
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Add a Tab for Favorites in the Information Designer

    It would be helpful for a user who needs access to certain folders quickly by a tab where we can add paths and save as favorites.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Add library search functionality for save/export to library dialogue

    Navigating to the right folder in the library to save an analysis or export data can involve many clicks. It would be nice if the library search available in the load dialogue would be available to search for folders/analysis or data files
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    SQL Server Synonyms need be supported!

    We utilize SQL Server Availability groups to distribute much of our master data across multiple servers. We then create synonyms to reference specific tables within other databases on the instance with the same performance as they exist within the...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Add support for ARRAY data type, as in postgres or greenplum

    Our users are accessing postgres and greenplum databases which have tables making use of the ARRAY data type (modifier), typically on character varying and double precision basic data types. Out users ask if there is any method or function to inde...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support 0 Future Consideration
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