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    To be able to access the data source files from sharepoint when Linked to Source option is set

    This idea is in association with case # 01468964. Please refer to this case for more details. Details : We are unable to access any source data file in web player which is currently placed in sharepoint when Linked to Source option is set. When r...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    support to load data from csv/txt/excel etc files via FTP protocol

    One of our customers would like to have the ability to load data from csv/txt/excel etc files via FTP protocol.
    12 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Enable parameters on Data connections

    Data connections are a fast but pretty limited way to add data to analysis. While it is nice to be able to use direct SQL, it is limiting that it is not easy to pass parameters that would allow logical WHERE Conditions. Today we can only pass inpu...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Support for oData properties

    One of our users has asked that the oData connector support accessing entry properties
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Addition of Pre-Updates queries in data connections

    Hi. If a query needs some pre-calculations such as temporary tables we use the pre-updates section in the custom SQL in the Information Link page. If we want to use the direct DB access using the data connection method, we get an error because o...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Show path for the search items like information link in information designer.

    Right now when someone try to search for an information link with some part of its name like *well* on information designer it doesn't return the path, again we have to open Library admin do same thing there and find the path then come back again ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

    Add support for custom MDX queries towards cubes

    Sometimes customers want to define their own MDX to either bring in data into Spotfire or work in-database.
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Preview top N rows before adding data from Library

    Suppose I want to browse available data in Information Links or SBDF's stored in my Spotfire Library. I would like to preview the top few rows of this data before importing it to analysis. When setting up a Data Connection, you are able to preview...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    A function that centrally visualizes and manages what databases dashboards created on Spotfire are connected to.

    Currently, we can check what database each dashboard created in Spotfire is connected to by opening the dashboard and displaying the data canvas. However, in the above, we can only check the dashboard that is open. We would like a function that al...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Support JSON data type of PostgreSQL

    PosgreSQL supports JSON format from version 9.3. Unfortunately, Spotfire doesn't support JSON data type when working with a PostgreSQL database like the following link. https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire-analyst/7.11.0/doc/html/en-US/TIB_sfire-ana...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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