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Data Access

    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..
    about 10 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...
    about 8 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
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Read LDAP Directory as a data source

    Currently the only viable recommendation to read LDAP data is an external software called CData. It would be nice to have an intergrated solution to identify Spotfire's own use of LDAP information.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 5 Future Consideration

    Get rid of currency data type

    I spend more time changing currency data types to real data types than any other activity involved in creating information links.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 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

    Connector to Amazon Redshift that supports OpenID PingFederate

    Needs ODBC driver for Amazon Redshift for In-DB connection. Problem is we are trying to access a data set with 1100+ columns and need to select columns to visualize using on demand.
    over 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

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

    No description provided
    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
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