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    Descriptive naming of operations in transformations in data canvas

    When working with the data canvas, it can be difficult to see details of the operations have been performed on the data. For example, every calculated column is listed as "Calculate new column". If there are lots of calculated column, each one mus...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Unpivot new columns of specified data types automatically

    I am bringing excel file into Spotfire that has dates as the column names. I have loaded the data into Spotfire by conducting an unpivot transformation on all date columns. When new columns (new dates) are added to the excel file, however, it does...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Add Trust option for custom queries for Spotfire Desktop.

    Th Custom Queries feature allows users to execute a database query when connecting to a database but before ingesting data into Spotfire, which works effectively to limit data processing times for a large data table. Custom queries must be execute...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Table properties lose their values when "insert columns" is used ...

    Hi Developers, Referring to the Support Case Number: 00739725; TIBCO confirmed that If the new data does not have a value for the property, the value from the old data is used. If both old and new data have a value, the new one is used. If we have...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 5 Future Consideration

    Alias Columns in Information Designer Using Custom SQL

    I've noticed that on occasions where I'm required to use custom SQL in my information links that I'm unable to alias the column names. I'm all for renaming columns within a DXP, but several of my users share information links. This can become cumb...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    At the intersection of two datasets within data canvas, have the ability to replace both as if you could with an individual dataset.

    If you want to merge two datasets that could be parts of a whole with many transformations after that merge, there should be an option to replace the dataset at the intersection with the complete dataset so that the transformations that would be d...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Option to make normal table data editable and/or make new record entry in backend table from Webplayer

    There are often needs for users to present the current status of the configuration tables and also allow the users to be able to modify the configurations. Right now all normal tables (dashboard) are readonly. It will really help to have option ...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Replacing a file for an information link from the Data Panel does not prompt Match Columns dialog

    I am using Spotfire version 7.12. I ran into a scenario where I needed to replace a spreadsheet with an information link. The columns in the spreadsheet are named and cased differently than the information link. I expected that when I replaced the...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Transforming data from web client

    In the Windows client there are several transformation methods that can be used to transform data, either when adding a data table, or, as a transformation step after a data source or data table is added. I want these methods to be available from ...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow viewing and un-hiding hidden columns in data table or remove ability to hide columns

    Spotfire allows a user to hide a column which is a precedent to a calculated column. But there is no way to unhide the column or see the columns that are hidden. Since the columns still exist, there should be a way to reverse the action of hidin...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration
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