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Shift transformations in data canvas

When analysing data, sometimes many transformations are needed. When using add columns, you may realize that the transformation shouldn't have been done on the original table, but at the very end of the result data table, or vice versa. Then you h...
25 days ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

Make memory consumption of visualizations visible

When working with "big data" it is important to keep memory requirements under control and oftentimes it is necessary to optimize analyses to reduce memory needs. There is actually two main sources driving Spotfire's memory needs: The size of the ...
about 1 month ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Needs Info

Split a data table into two or more data tables based on expression

I need to split a data table into two or more data tables based on logic I can provide as an expression. I know I can do this using a few steps and filter transformations in the data canvas, but would ideally want to be able to do this in one plac...
2 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Automation of Weekly Flat File Upload from SharePoint

We are currently manually uploading the flat file for a report to refresh it every week. Is there a way to automate this process? The flat file is located in SharePoint.
3 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

Provide a setting to control automatic column addition in joins.

Currently, for every join, columns that were added at a later moment to one of the sub/right tables are automatically joined into all joins where this table is used. In most cases this is not desired. Proposed feature should work by either turning...
3 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values

Users appreciate Spotfire’s ability to match column name changes during data reloading. This ideas proposes the ability for Spotfire to check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values (especially when metadata changes or when dat...
3 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 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 ...
5 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Moveable Transformations in Data Canvas

It would be more user friendly to be able to shift transformations up or down relatively without having to delete and recreate them.
7 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

Table relations and cycles

When you get to a certain level of complexity in your DXP file, you often hit problems with cyclic dependencies between data tables. It would be extremely helpful to be shown where the cycles exist when you are trying to add new relations. Further...
8 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

Add ability to automatically sync data-source changes

Hello, I would like to request the ability to have Spotfire files automatically update if the data source table changes. Right now if there is a change to the data source, it requires a user to go into each file that is connected to the data sourc...
8 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration