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    Manual setting of primary key column (Impala, DB2, etc)

    When using external data, detail visualisations need a primary key in the datasource for markings to be applied. In case of views or custom queries, the resultset has no primary key defined on the database level. Would be great when we could selec...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Create new filtering scheme

    Once user sets a group of filters, an option to 'set current filters as new filtering scheme' would save a lot of time and effort in creating multiple filter schemes. Some of this can be achieved with bookmarks but users want to create multiple fi...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add summary rows to table or visualization

    In Spotfire, it is currently possible to add additional columns with calculated columns. I need to be able to do something similar with rows. I am working with financial data -- revenue, expenses, etc. Most of these reports are done in cross table...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE) in Regression ML Algorithm Nodes

    Performance metrics are extremely limited for modeling continuous target variables - i.e. regression problems. MAPE is a very useful statistic for comparing model performance.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 To be Reviewed

    Add Row Count to Data Canvas

    After replacing a data source and adding columns/rows, I often check the number of rows in the resulting data table to make sure it worked correctly. Since a lot of these functions are now available in the Data Canvas, it would be nice to display ...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Create a user interactive Case Selection Node or enhance Set Case States node

    We would specifically benefit from allowing end users to select either specific cases or specific codes interactively during workspace execution. Based on the selected cases or codes some basic actions could be taken, like filtering the spreadshee...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 To be Reviewed

    Delete sample option should delete primary and matching sample at the same time.

    Deleting primary sample should ideally delete primary and matching samples at the same time. With current situation, there is no option to delete primary sample unless matching sample is deleted.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Statistica 0 Future Consideration

    need storage persist option for replacing data tables

    Whenever I replace a data table the storage method always resets to "always new data". Can the previous setting be preserved across replacement? It's extra step to reset to the previous setting (if I can recall what it was), and is quite annoying....
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values

    Users appreciate Spotfire’s ability to match column name changes during data reloading. This ideas proposes the ability for Spotfire to check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values (especially when metadata changes or when dat...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Another problem with data loading in 10.3 - defaults to add rows to table when tables are different!

    I load a table into 10.3 from xlsx file. I load the same table, again, but in the xlsx load dialog, I remove the final two columns from the load by unchecking their checkbox in the xlsx load dialog. Spotfire tries to add rows to the existing table...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration
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