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    Data modeling for Data connections

    Data connections are very poor (none) at any data modelling and attribute abstraction away from the data source, especially compared to the Information designer. We build information links from attributes sourced from the database, and a assign a ...
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Axis selector in cross table

    when doing a bar chart you have the option to hide the axis individually. When you are working the cross table or you hide all or show all there's no midpoint; if you are working with a hierarchy and give the option to choose something hiding the...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Custom query to be listed in Manage Trusts & Scripts dialog

    Currently custom query is not listed in Manage Trusts & Scripts dialog. Custom query comes out together with python script, data functions and expression functions in product document, so user(or at least me) may take for granted that all th...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add a Random Function

    Hello We need a real random function, that would create a random integer number for each line of our data table. Every time the user would open a DXP file, the random generated would be different. We tried with Rand(count()), but the numbers gener...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Allow custom sort order on date types

    I was surprised to find I could not have a cross table with just a date value as the row value, and could not have the most recent date at the top of the cross table. I thought I would just go and adjust the sort order on the column and create a c...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Make formatting (digits that can be displayed) for the column properties adjustable.

    Hi Supporter, Our custom tool display limits of columns in formatting as in the attached image. It differs from the Spotfire column properties formatting. It seems its always approximate to a specific number of digits which is 15 for Real DataType...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire 0 Future Consideration

    Custom Query Tab in the Data Connection should Support Advance SQL like using "WITH" Clause as well as Multi SQL Statements

    In order to add more extensibility to the SQL the Custom Query Tab of Data Connection should support Advance Queries like using the "WITH" Clause which is currently not supported in Spotfire Analyst. Also, if my query demands some creation of Temp...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Webservices revisions

    I would like to have more control on how Services are presented after upgrade and migrating from one service to another. The best solution in my mind is to have an in place upgrade and display history for the Webservice in a separate panel. I beli...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 1 Future Consideration

    Ability to Log off Desktop App

    Lack of log off option from Desktop Application. Should provide a “sign out” or “log off” option from the Desktop app. The “Show login dialogue” option is painful to use to clear the cached creds.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    add option to always run Python data function in another newly created python engine

    Currently a single python engine can possibly be reused to run multiple python data functions if necessary. Customer wants an option to always run Python data function in another newly created python engine. The reason for this idea is that some t...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 3 Future Consideration
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