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    propagate Document Properties value change to Data Transformation

    We know that if Document Properties is referenced by an expression for Calculated Columns or Custom Expression, if the value of the Document Properties is changed, then the expression is evaluated automatically. However if Document Properties is r...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Make user use summary tables, statistic table of box plot directly in another visualization

    I want to use it directly without exporting it to data table and adding
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Export / Visualization 0 Likely to implement

    Information Link Cachable Setting should be exposed and supported in Web Administrator panel.

    We are exploring the cache-able property in information link (information designer) . So the information link will be cached based on the timeout settings. There is no way to specify the time period (ex. between 7 Am to 10 PM) right now, and there...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Ability To Rename Multiple File Groups in Data Canvas

    When we add individual data files to a dxp file, the name of the individual file is visible in the data canvas. That is helpful because it shows which data sets have been added. However, often it is faster to use "Files and data"->"Other"->"...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Needs Info

    Mandatory and optional prompts

    There seems to be no means to define a prompt as mandatory or optional as there is on Information links. Connector prompts should be possible to configure as mandatory or optional.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Update more than one data table in a file but not all

    I have files with many different data tables. At times I need to update say 5 of the 10 data tables I have. Currently I have to independently update each of the data tables or refresh all the data tables in the file. I would like the ability to se...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Programmatic access to and creation of data connections

    Workflows in our non-Spotfire application generate result data sets in the form of database views. Once created, we have a need to share these views with Spotfire users and analysis files. The workflow need to programmatically define Spotfire data...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Enable global/local config to set the default formatting for Data Type

    Scenario Data Table with a date-type column, formatted as YYYY-MM-DD - e.g., 2023-06-20. Goal Convert the date to string, with format retained. Current State Two-step workaround: 1. Convert Date format to YYYY-MM-DD via Data > Column property. ...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow ordering of columns in a data table via the column properties window

    I would like the ability to manually configure the order of how the columns are shown in the column properties window for a data table. This way if I make a calculated column at a later date that should be grouped with a particular column from ear...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Data On Demand - Dynamically Select Columns

    We have data sets with large number of data columns and in some cases the user is only interested in a small number of columns. I would like to be able to let them pick the columns and then load a much smaller data set only including those columns...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration
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