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    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

    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

    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

    Publish a flat file directory data source in a single publish operation

    For most data sources, it is possible to publish the entire data source by right-clicking it and selecting Publish. However, this is not possible for flat-file directory data sources. This would be extremely useful for customers who, for example, ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Node Labeling in Data Canvas

    Part of code documentation is following the sequence of logic used to build a data table. While calculated expressions support double-slash comments, not every node requires a calculated expression. Being able to add a comment / annotation to the ...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Build a DV Mobile App and allow publishing the resources as Web Services and Data Services to external users

    It will provide more flexibility for our customers to extend the availability of the application and it's resources to their external users with the swipe of a finger
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 Future Consideration

    Add graphical union builder with the view editor in Studio

    The view editor needs a graphical union editor to automatically match columns from common views. it should also provide some sort of mapping or capability to resolve columns that are the same data but named differently.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / development 0 Future Consideration

    Add caching and data ship for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DW)

    Provide caching and dataship support for a new Azure SQL DW adapter.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching / data movement 0 Future Consideration

    Parallel fetch for statistics

    The server needs to parallelize the gathering of statistics so that it can handle larger volumes of data
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / performance 0 Future Consideration

    Insert data into Hive and Impala

    The server needs to be able to insert data into Hive or Impala for caching, DDL tables and Dataship.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data movement / data sources 0 Future Consideration
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