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    Allow virtual columns to support IN clauses/multiple value filtering

    We have customers using virtual columns in an SQL view, e.g: Select *, {DECLARE p_postdate date } p_postdate from table where post_date=p_postdate This functionality needs to be expanded to support multiple values pf p_postdate (i.e, an IN claus...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support 0 Future Consideration

    Define tables as staging or reporting

    Not all tables that are created in a Spotfire analysis are there for reporting purposes. Some tables are only for transforming data or loading data. The content of these tables is in the end, when all the loading, calculating and transforming is d...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    add functionality to replace values on multiple-selected rows.

    Please add functionality to replace values on all multiple-selected rows. Currently user has to replace the value on each row 1 by 1, they want to replace all values in all selected rows at once.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    eliminate the difference on number formatting between Windows and Linux

    According the product document, there is a difference on number formatting between Windows and Linux, l https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/12.0.0/doc/html/TIB_sfire_server_tsas_admin_help/server/topics/running_web_player_or_automation_serv...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to replace empty cells by a value in PIVOT transformation

    When pivoting tall tables to make them wide, we end up with lots of empty cells that correspond to combinations that do not exist in the original tall data set. It is now very difficult to replace these empty values by a valid value (like 0) ... s...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Warning when Right or Left Join adds rows to data table

    I think it would be great if Spotfire would warn me when an insert column operation will add rows to the data. Sometimes this is intended, but other times, it is because there is a problem in the data quality. In my use case, adding rows is usuall...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Create a way to identify and/or clean up unused objects in Spotfire DXP (Calculated columns, Property Controls)

    This could be a multi-level feature: Option 1 – Flag whether the column/ Property Control is used in any other Column, Property Control, Viz, Data function Answers the question: will something in the report break if I delete this object? Example:...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Provide useful information on why refresh is disabled, when this is disabled for a data table, so that the developer knows how to resolve his or her issue.

    When and if the refresh button is disabled, we should clearly list why this is the case. Be it circular dependencies, frozen columns, or anything else. As it is now it is almost impossible for a report developer to find the cause by themselves. At...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    insert rows - add option to show only unmatched after match all possible

    on inserting rows, after matching all possible, could you provide a button to allow seeing all matched and unmatched, as today, or to show only unmatched... with long param name lists its annoying having to scroll through all the already matched n...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Keep old cache, while new cache is being generated.

    Scheduled Updates allows reports to be cached. These can help reports that take a very long time, to open much quicker. Also the schedule can be set for various frequencies. But it seems the process deletes the old cache before starting a new cach...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 0 Future Consideration
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