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    Infer data types by introspecting csv files

    The TDV standard File-Delimited adapter introspects all columns in the CSV file as VARCHAR type. It would save time if the data types were inferred by looking at the data in the CSV file.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 3 Already exists

    Support introspection of column comments from MS SQL Server

    No description provided
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Web UI - Language Localization

    Support localization of the Web UI.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Planning to implement

    Restrict Data Export for Authors and Analysts on special Analysis files / Visualizations

    We have some confidential data which we'd like to protect and users not allow to export. This is possible for users with Consumer role. Here the admin easily de-flags "Allow table data export in Spotfire web clients" under Appearance before publis...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Export 2 Future Consideration

    Export Full Page as Image

    Currently we can export single visualization as an image but we can't export an entire page as an image. It would somehow be nice to export an entire dashboard at once and insert it (high quality) into a powerpoint.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Export 0 Future Consideration

    Allow query results to be cached in-memory on Server

    This is different than our normal caching. We want to offer ways to store query results in memory on the server for high-speed / low-latency interaction with the data.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / performance 0 Future Consideration

    Support for Azure Cosmos DB as a data source

    Provide support for Azure Cosmos DB as a data source. Caching and data ship are out of scope initially. Please indicate in the comments if that is desired.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 2 Will not implement

    Provide a simple interface to setup incremental caching

    Add a new UI to setup incremental caching capabilities for a view based on timestamp, dates and/or IDs.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / development 0 Future Consideration

    Provide self-tuning capabilities in the query engine

    Have the query engine learn and recommend optimizations that can be provided to the developer as they are creating / designing views.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add a file adapter to connect to avro files directly

    Extend the flat file support of the server to connect directly to avro files to read in data.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Future Consideration
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