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Import fixed width data tables into Spotfire

Sometimes source data tables are in the format of fixed width, no delimiter being used. Below is an example. Each field has a fixed width of 3 characters, but no delimiter. a def gh abc def g ab de ghi Importing data like this into Spotfire, there...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

allow user to specify description to shown in prompt dialog when loading data via information link

Please allow user to specify description to shown in prompt dialog when loading data via information link. Currently it can be done if loading via connetor, as indicated in attached screenshot.
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Show user id when stored credentials in a data source is used

When a data source is created and saved with stored credentials, the user id is not seen when the data source is being used by end users. End users often use data connections that are based on the source but have no way to tell which user is actua...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

SharePoint Online connector should be able to load Likes and Star Ratings from lists

With SharePoint Lists you can set up rating with voting resp. star rating. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-a-ratings-feature-to-your-library-5901fcfd-19ca-4f27-a65f-284654298552 Theses number of likes or average of star rating are n...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Spotfire Hive connector, set hive execution engine=spark

Hi, We have a Hadoop big data cluster with Map Reduce as the default Hive execution engine. It is key for us to be able in Spotfire Hive Connector to change the Hive execution engine (set hive.execution.engine=spark). Kind Regards
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Add Data Table from Data Connection in Library - Should not default to select all tables in connection

Currently, when you add a data table from a Data Connection In A Library, the window opens up and all tables within the connection are selected by default. There is no "deselect all" option so it's the chore of unchecking them one-by-one. I have q...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Better JSON parsing support

When you get JSON strings and you need to extract a few fields to table format for Spotfire consumption it would be nice having an efficient and easy to use parser to do this out of the box. Something like: JSONGetField( JSONString, ”afieldname” ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Save Details Information

As a user I would like that the Details information (warnings, errors) would be saved when saving the analysis file. Actually when running a battery of test cases, if there is an error the system saves the analysis to help us identify that issue, ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Add Count and UniqueCount as options to sumarize a column when pivoting data in Information Services

I would like to summarize a data table that I am pulling into Spotfire so I pivoted the data in the Information Link using the Pivot Conditioning Option. The aggregation option for values includes SUM, Avg, Min and Max but no Count or UniqueCount....
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Automatically suggest joins in Information Link.

Spotfire should automatically suggest joins, when columns from different tables are added to the Information Link. We want Information Designer to be smart enough to suggest the joins already created, that are required on the Information Link, whe...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration