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    Provide an option to setup a custom database for the default cache db

    The DV server currently uses an embedded PostgreSQL database as the default cache. This enhancement would allow the developer or admin the ability configure any supported cache data source as their "default" cache.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 Future Consideration

    Wildcard or partial string matches for Data on Demand

    I'm trying to work with Data on Demand with "string" type fields. We have a large database of error logs, and are trying to search through the log text to find mentions of a specific substring that can appear in slightly different places within th...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Map projections

    Add/enable a Google Earth style 3D globe projection. This would solve many issues with World Mercator, lack of polar projections, visualization, etc.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Support scalar stored procedures

    Currently a stored procedure needs to return a table with at least one column in order for Spotfire to create the stored procedure element in Information designer. In Databases like Snowflake, we can have stored procs that only return a scalar val...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Support impersonation in Data Connections via WebPlayer

    As per case 02092109 we understand that what is no problem with Data Connections + fat client, Information Links + fat client and Information Links + WebPlayer, is not supported for Data Connections + WebPlayer. If the solution to https://ideas.ti...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Multi-factor authentication to connect to Azure database

    Trying to connect to Azure SQL DB (using Active Directory - Password), but every time trying to connect to the DB via Spotfire gets the error : ERROR MESSAGE:Cannot connect to '<servername>.database.windows.net'.System.AggregateException: On...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Add option to data functions for marking filters to send all data when no marking applied

    Often we use markings to run data functions on-demand as a user interactions with visuals and data. We may also combine this with a filter scheme. However, the data function gets sent no data when there is no marking, resulting in an error being r...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 0 Future Consideration

    Filter popup from table header

    Rather than add filters manually in a text box above a table visualization, it would be nice to have filters available in a popup from a click on the column name in a table visualization. This would provide consumers with a cleaner way to access f...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Action buttons responsive to hover over

    Make action buttons responsive to hover over. Arrow turn into hand, and other formatting options Background color or intensity change It would be nice if these options could be controlled from a button format menu. Make Spotfire look and feel same...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    add API to get the data type of a document property in action mod

    We want to get the data type of a document property, e.g. for (const p of document.Properties) { // get the data type of p here } const p = document.Properties.Get("my-property-name"); // or get the data type of p here The name of the property is ...
    4 months ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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