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Add an Ignore Zeros option in an Unpivot transformation

I often have a table with a large number of zero values ( rather than null values) in soem columns that I then need to Unpivot. This results in a table with a large number of rows where the valu column is zero and this impacts overall performance....
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management Future Consideration

Hide Repeating Hierarchy Levels

Flat ragged hierarchies often repeat values at lower levels due to different drill down paths. It would be very nice to have the options to hide levels if the parent has the same value. Currently I have to click down through many repeating levels ...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Filters Future Consideration

Split a column into rows

I have a column with multiple values inside, with a separator between each value. The number of values is not the same on every row. If I use the standard split column feature, I will generate a number of columns corresponding to my max number of ...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management Future Consideration

DATE datatype must be available in Cloudera Hive native data connector

DATE datatype is not available in Cloudera Hive native data connector though the DATE datatype is supported in HDI. So, when migrating from HDI to Cloudera HIVE, we are facing issues as we need to convert all the DATE datatype from DATE to TIMESTA...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

Suggestion to Disable Pre-Update and Post-Update Settings in SQL Editor for Spotfire Information Links

Hello. I am writing to suggest an improvement to the SQL editor in Spotfire Information Links, specifically concerning the Pre-Updates and Post-Updates settings. Currently, these settings appear to be enabled by default. For our specific use case,...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services Needs Info

Automation Services Job builder - Send Email

More robust e-mail configuration settings when sending out emails from Job Builder: SSL Settings, port, login for email authentication. I only got some basic SMTP settings pop up. It should not be pop up, I sould be able to set everything, so ...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services Future Consideration

From library, open item on new tab

Sometimes I want to open two analyst files using webplayer in order to compare one data, so on that case, I would like to be able to do right click on library item and click open on a new tab to open the second while still navigate on the origin l...
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Library Already exists

Embedding Data Functions

We use Data Functions from our server library to quickly add features to new DXP files. The issue we are having is once you add a data function to a new DXP file it keeps the server path. If someone make a change to the function and then saves, it...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics / Data Functions Future Consideration

Create expressions from filter selections

Creating filter expressions for individual visualizations requires manual coding. Would like an option to include current filter selections in an expression so that non-technical business users can easily reduce the dimensions included in the visu...
almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Filters Future Consideration

Rendering Images in Cross Tables

Currently, image rendering is possible in tool tips and in tables. In a cross table, because of required aggregation, images cannot be rendered. If an aggregation option such as 'First()' is used, there is no reason why the image cannot be rendere...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization Future Consideration
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