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    Retrieve the Source information tab from Data table properties

    Hi team, It would be very useful to have the ability to retrieve all information found in the Source Information tab of the Data table properties.Currently, we can only retrieve parts of that information using the GenerateSourceView method from th...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire / API / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Provide API to retrieve information link details (SQL)

    Major data lineage tools (Informatica, ERwin) support scanning all BI tools such QlikView, Tableau, SAP, Cognos, but do not support Spotfire!! the stated reason from multiple vendor is Spotfire does not provide API to retrieve information link det...
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    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...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Button to switch from copied table to original table in data canvas

    In data canvas i want to switch to the table which is copied in another table via a simple button. In big data models with a lot of tables you can switch easier to the table which is in the acutall shown table just copied / linked.
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 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 column search in data in analysis flyout

    Current, in the data analysis flyout, I need need to scroll through the entire list of columns to find the one I want to select or edit. This becomes inefficient when working with wide datasets containing dozens or hundred of columns. Previously, ...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Already exists

    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

    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...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 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

    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
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