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    All connectors should be available in the web clients' flyout

    I expect all connectors to be available in Business Author. Authoring connections to my data sources is the only reason for me to download the Spotfire Windows client.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    DATE datatype must be available in Cloudera Hive native data connector

    DATE datatype is not available in Cloudera Hive native data connector though the DATE datatype is supported in HDI. So, when migrating from HDI to Cloudera HIVE, we are facing issues as we need to convert all the DATE datatype from DATE to TIMESTA...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    option to make sure Analyst always use bundled ADO.NET driver for TDV

    Please add option to make sure Analyst always use bundled ADO.NET driver for TDV when loading data via TDV connector, in order to avoid unintended / unsupported version of driver being used. Currently if ADO.NET driver for TDV is installed to the ...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Publish in the library a data connection to a file

    This would provide a shortcut in the library to a file path somewhere on a shared drive, rather than authors having to "open file" and navigate to a complex network location..
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add capability to access graph DBs / triple stores

    e.g. by allowing accessing these via SPARQL
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 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
    almost 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...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Allow the import of TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE datatype from Oracle database

    Using Add Data tables option , I am trying to add Oracle 12 DB table but one Timestamp table field having datatype as "TIMESTAMP (3) WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE" is not visiable / showing up in Spotfire UI This is apparently not supported and it would be...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    AD Integration to SQL Server/Azure Database Connector

    We are looking for AD Integration for SQL Server. Current usage of Spotfire (we've tested upto 7.11) does not support AD Integration for MS SQL.
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Open File & Replace Data Tables on Data->Other->SQLDirect

    In order not to lose work, it would be good if a database connected by SQLDirect (in Menu Data->Sources->Others->) has been deleted (for example, because a server has been migrated), the dxp allows to replace said tablepointing to a new d...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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