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    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...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Option where Multiple Prompts should be displayed in a single screen

    By default user needs to go through all the Prompts step by step to get the data. Requirement is when multiple prompts are there in report all needs to be displayed in single page and one click is required after the data input/selection with all t...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Support for SQLite databases

    SQLite is the most popular database and an awesome (free) technology for quick prototyping. It is more stable than csv files, more scaleable than XLSX sheets and more flexible than many Big Data solutions. Allowing proper interfacing with SQLite d...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add additional information to Information Link prompts

    It would be great if you could add instructions to prompts presented via Information Links. At the moment, all a user gets to see is the database column name when presented with a prompt choice. It would be great if, in the Information Designer, w...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Resize "Elements" box in Information Designer

    In the Information Designer, when creating a new Information Link, it would be nice if the Elements box allowed more than 7 visible items. Ideally, the window could be grown to consume the available space. This would simplify resorting the list.
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Adding Data from multiple tabs in excel at one time

    There are instances where you receive daily details on each tab of excel which runs into 30 tabs. So the data input should be designed in such a way where we can input all the details at one time rather than inputting the data 30 times as all the ...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add global parameter that can be applied to custom queries

    Add a global parameter that can be applied to custom queries query parameters so the parameter can be defined prior to executing the queries. Allow the use of these params in custom queries so the query can be run with settings of imported data, a...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Data loading progress indicator

    Spotfire should provide a continuously updated progress indicator showing how much data of the total amount of data that has been loaded. If it's not possible to query the data source for the total amount of data an estimate or even a fake progres...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Information Designer: Open elements and joins in information links directly, e.g. by double-clicking

    I sometimes would like to open elements and joins which are used in an Information link. To do so, I have to look for the path and then open the element/join from the elements window on the left. This is annoying and error prone. A double click in...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Information Designer read access

    We want Information Designer read access to enable the functionality of checking SQL queries and Data Source Name. In current scenario, users does not have access for Information Designer and Data Source. Users should be able to view the SQL queri...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 7 Future Consideration
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