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    Support dynamic secrets for connecting to data sources

    Our security policy requires that all databases (specifically those on the public cloud) use dynamic secrets (rather than static credentials). Dynamic secrets are well suited to processes (e.g., Java, node.js, etc.) that are built using a pipeline...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Provide support for adding the datasources using ODBC

    Currently we can connect to the data sources using JDBC protocol except of Microsoft excel ODBC. We should expand this to other data sources including the custom adapter data sources so that this will give us the flexibility to connect more data s...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Already exists

    Add support for converting/handling SQL Server DATETIMEOFFSET fields

    In the MS world, developers are frequently using the DATETIMEOFFSET type to specify a point in time at a given time zone offset. The type is common in SQL Server and C# code (probably more). Data like this ends up in SQL Server data sources. TDV d...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    show more information in data loading dialog

    Currently we can get below information in data loading dialog when opening analysis or loading data, \! filetype=Spotfire.DataFormat.Text; version=2.0; \! property=Name; category=Column; type=String; \! property=DataType; category=Column; type=S...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add match columns dialog when replacing a single datasource within a larger joined datatable

    If you need to replace a single datasource that is joined to multiple other datasources in a data table there is no way to match your existing columns to the new datasource columns as the match column dialog is only available when there is a singl...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Allow the view Definitions to be published along with the view

    Users are not able to see the view definitions of the views that they connect to through the Data Virtualization tool. View definitions are required for QA teams and other users to validate that the view is bringing back the correct information.
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data movement 0 Future Consideration

    Add YearAndMonth and Trunc Funtion

    I need a year/month combination constantly for calculations like "get data between two months ago 1st of the month to the end of next month" Having either or both of these functions would make this task much easier. Yes, I can accomplish both toda...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire 10 - Bring back the reload data icon

    Hi, I'm newly upgraded to Spotfire 10. The reload data icon / menu item is gone. I can only find it via the search bar. I miss the quickness and ease of one click, rather than going to the search bar, typing enough, waiting for it to load and then...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Will not implement

    Detailed lineage in Business Directory

    Right now the Business Directory presents a summary of the table level lineage, i.e. what data source the data originates from. We need to add support for the full detail lineage at the table level as well as detailed column level lineage like we ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 1 Will not implement

    Provide self-tuning capabilities for data sources

    Have the server be able to scan a data source and learn capabilties for the data source so that the user does not need to edit or customize the capabilities files themselves. If a function doesn't exist allow the developer to add it without updati...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Future Consideration
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