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    Add error message-stack trace to Web Player errors.

    We used to have this feature before 10.3. Can we please get it back? When a user encounters a problem trying to open a file on the Web Player, the error notification does not contain any stack trace or helpful diagnostics. Only, a completely usele...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 3 Already exists

    change Exception error message from login module

    Hello. My idea was written based on the following SR. https://support.tibco.com/s/case/5004z00001sr0n9AAA/how-to-change-error-message-from-login-module In data virtualization, the Login Module is available, which can cause LoginException....
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / access control 0 Likely to implement

    Spotfire Server Database - Set a value for all entries in the table LICENSE_FUNCTIONS

    Having a field called 'LICENSE_FUNCTION_DISPLAY_NAME' with empty values does not help to get the accuracy required when it comes to creating reporting on Spotfire instances. See attached screenshot. Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards, ...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 1 Will not implement

    Support dynamic secrets for connecting to data sources

    Our security policy requires that all databases (specifically those on the public cloud) use dynamic secrets (rather than static credentials). Dynamic secrets are well suited to processes (e.g., Java, node.js, etc.) that are built using a pipeline...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Provide support for adding the datasources using ODBC

    Currently we can connect to the data sources using JDBC protocol except of Microsoft excel ODBC. We should expand this to other data sources including the custom adapter data sources so that this will give us the flexibility to connect more data s...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Already exists

    Add support for converting/handling SQL Server DATETIMEOFFSET fields

    In the MS world, developers are frequently using the DATETIMEOFFSET type to specify a point in time at a given time zone offset. The type is common in SQL Server and C# code (probably more). Data like this ends up in SQL Server data sources. TDV d...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    Allow Admins to post in-tool messages to all connected clients.

    To provide better user engagement and more efficient use of resources, especially in light of dynamically scaling down the number of active Spotfire servers in a cloud configuration, Spotfire Admins should be able to broadcast important messages t...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Allow the view Definitions to be published along with the view

    Users are not able to see the view definitions of the views that they connect to through the Data Virtualization tool. View definitions are required for QA teams and other users to validate that the view is bringing back the correct information.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data movement 0 Future Consideration

    Detailed lineage in Business Directory

    Right now the Business Directory presents a summary of the table level lineage, i.e. what data source the data originates from. We need to add support for the full detail lineage at the table level as well as detailed column level lineage like we ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 1 Will not implement

    Provide self-tuning capabilities for data sources

    Have the server be able to scan a data source and learn capabilties for the data source so that the user does not need to edit or customize the capabilities files themselves. If a function doesn't exist allow the developer to add it without updati...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Future Consideration
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