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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...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Visualization 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 ...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 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

    Determine column types using type information in data set rather than data values

    Spotfire infers column types by examining the values in (the first 1000) rows of the data set being loaded. This generally works well but makes mistakes often enough that manual correction becomes laborious. A case in point is when real-valued dat...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Allow AS 4.x operator schema to be set by the schema asserted on an input port.

    Please refer to Case #02057640 The goal is to have a reusable module that does not need to change itself, but gets its schemas (and the AS operator schema) from context.
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 0 Future Consideration

    Files and Data... > Recommended should show data in analysis as well as recent data

    Hello, Data already loaded in the analysis is "Recent data". It should therefore be included in the "Recommended" flyout with the Recent data. It should not be "Other". "Other' is a list of external connectors - data in analysis does not fit there...
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    limit rows with "OR" operations of "limit by marking" and "limit by expression"

    There's two options to limit table rows, one is "limit by marking", the other is "limit by expression". When setting both, they work together as "AND". We ask to be able to make them work together as "OR"
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    JMS Request/Reply dynamic call along with dynamic custom converter

    Feature to configure SB request/reply adapter operator with custom message converter dynamically. Reference To Case ID # 01941085
    about 5 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 1 Future Consideration

    Support for in-memory star-schema relational model without requirement of Insert Columns

    Support for 2+ tables in the same visualization. Note: The current functionality (as of 7.8 and earlier) supports two FACT tables in the same visualization, but not a FACT table and 1+ DIMENSION table(s). This enhancement request (Original enhance...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration
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