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    make more clear message for errors in calculated column functions.

    I'd like to see clearer error messages. It's hard to tell what kind of error a function error is. It's hard to tell from the message what's wrong and how to fix it. Even if it's written in character count, I have to count it, which is hard to unde...
    10 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Pre-defined DateTime ranges for loading data (on-demand)

    We need to report on data that is filtered on many columns and special DateTime intervals. Information Links are very large so we need to set filters as part of the query that imports data into Spotfire so that only the rows needed by the report a...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Merge columns even if the data types are different.

    When merging columns (data joins), even if the column names are the same, they won't be automatically matched if the data types don't match. When there's a large amount of data, setting each column individually can be time-consuming, so we'd like ...
    10 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Ability to replace Data source without opening a file

    Need to be able to replace the data source on multiple files without opening the file.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Purge cached data when saving analysis

    PROBLEM: When saving an analysis as a DXP or into the library, with the analysis Spotfire saves a snapshot of cached data from the data tables at the point in time that the developer initially loaded/refreshed them. Generally this could be desirab...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Create a pivot transformation from a cross table

    The Cross table in Spotfire is a nice way to visually build a pivoted data table. It would be great if it was possible to create a pivot transformation from the cross table (similar to how it is possible to create a filter transformation from a fi...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    export boxplot statistics table to files

    Customer would like to export boxplot statistics table to files like other visualizations, e.g. table, cross table. Thanks.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow column selection and filtering when loading a Library Data File (SBDF)

    When using Information Designer, it's possible to use filtering to restrict the rows that are returned and to be very specific about the columns that are returned. We're seeing a significant increase in the use of Library Data Files (SBDFs) as dat...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 4 Future Consideration

    Add possibility to disable/enable transformations in data canvas

    IN data canvas, you can see all the transformation steps on the data, you can edit and delete them. In many cases, when trying things out, during development and similar, you may want to temporarily disable the step(s) and enable these later again.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Match columns dialog: make it sorted / sortable

    Dear Supporters, please make the entries in the match columns dialog box sorted or at least sortable. Regards,
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 6 Future Consideration
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