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    Column selection/prompting for a Data Connection or Information Link

    Description Background Data Connections and Information Links have a _prompting_ option such that users may filter the incoming data, *before* it's loaded into a .dxp. The users' selections are translated into _WHERE_ clauses in the underlying SQL...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add Order By option to Information Designer

    It would be helpful to be able to sort an information link before it is brought into a visualization. Currently, you have to open the sql view and add an Order By section at the bottom of the sql which then makes it impossible to change things in ...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    add option to specify data loading option in "Add data to analysis" flyout

    Please add option to specify data loading option("Always new data" , "New data when possible", "Stored data") in "Add data to analysis" flyout. There is still plenty space in the "Add data to analysis" flyout, and it's a good place to reminder end...
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    See what was selected after making selections from information link with prompts

    If you are setting prompts on an information link if the variable has many unique values, like State for example, you have to scroll through the entire list to review what you selected and it is always in alphabetical order. Either allow for sorti...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Connector for SAP S/4 HANA On-prem and Cloud

    Right now, the native connector of SAP HANA cannot connect to S/4 HANA system. There are many customers leveraging S/4 HANA across the organization. They need the connectivity right away.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Make the Information Link Prompts as a shopping cart to see selected values separately from available values

    The prompts on the Information links have no search function (Issue in itself). When selections are then made from a long list, it is not easy to see what items were selected, even though they are highlighted. If I have to select 10 from a list of...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Data Connectors access to users

    Currently the access control for the folders in the data connectors does not work like in the Information Links, Users who see a report that has a data connector require to have access to browse the directory even if they will never access the dir...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Splunk connection on Spotfire

    Some customer wants to use Splunk SPL on Spotfire. It can be used with ODBC for Splunk SPL Saved Search. For using Splunk SPL Dynamic Search, it can be used by commercial JDBC, UnityJDBC(http://unityJDBC.com). It is not free. I think if spotfire c...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    add support of LONG BINARY type from Vertica

    Customer is asking for support of LONG BINARY type from Vertica. Currently only BINARY/VARBINARY is supported by Vertica connector. They use BINARY/VARBINARY/LONG BINARY in Vertica to store images, however both BINARY and VARBINARY are limited to ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Connecting to Azure SQL database using information links

    To implement indirect data sources connections (information links) for Azure SQL Server
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 2 Future Consideration
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