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    Allow the import of 32-bit Microsoft Access data on 64-bit machines

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    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    More informative error messages when failing to open information link

    "I wish there was better, more informative error handling." 1. In information designer, find an information link which contains a column element of type string.2. Change the type of the column element to integer.3. Open the information link. Resul...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Use SQL Server User table functions in Spotfire Professional Client through Information Designer .

    Currently in Spotfire Professional Client through Information Designer , SQL Server User table functions doesn't work.User wants Spotfire the ability to use SQL Server User table functions from information deisgner. User created below function , b...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Be able to use Custom Connectors on Spotfire Cloud

    One of the most powerful features of Spotfire are the connectors. Custom Connectors are not available for Tibco Cloud users so they can't use this functionality. Custom connectors should be installable for Tibco Cloud users
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add CLOB data type to Spotfire's supported data types

    Ensuring future extensibility: CLOB is a common data type, and supporting it will enable your product to address a wider variety of use cases. More efficient data processing: Support for CLOB data types makes it easier to perform complex string op...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to search columns in the data connector dialog

    When defining a view in data connection to a data table with many columns, it would be great to have a search field to allow you to search for a desired column to add/remove from the connection, as this can be a very time consuming process if you ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    Linked to Source option in Business Author version

    Hi, Currently, Business Author licence allows only to embed the data or Info link (if we need linked to source). We have purchased 15 BA licences and all the users would like to have this "Linked to source" option to read data from source for Busi...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Hortonworks connector system trust store support

    It's a pain to distribute and maintain certificate (.pem) files on Windows clients for the ODBC driver for Hortonworks. The Spotfire connector for Hortonworks should have a checkbox that enables the system trust store instead of the driver's local...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add Connectivity to Canary Data Historian

    As an oil & gas client, we collect millions of data points from field/plant automation points through Cygnet and store data in the Canary data historian - a NoSQL timeseries database. Canary suggests using the ODBC driver to connect to Spotfir...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add option to prompt user before reloading data all data from button on the toolbar

    We work with some large data sets and sometimes mistakenly click on the reload data icon on the toolbar. Cancelling this action takes quite a bit of time. I'd like a configuration option which creates a secondary prompt after clicking the reload d...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration
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