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    Improve JDBC Query operators and Data constructs

    Query JDBC operator should behave/look as close as it could to "In memory tables". One case is the one stated in "SB-44976 JDBC Query Op Output Settings cannot use aggregate expressions" . Another would be that for an In Memory table we can define...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 0 Unlikely to implement

    IFERROR Function

    Adding a IFERROR function (similar to the one in Excel). This helps when analyzing data and prevent dividing by zero issue.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Allow transformations for external (in-db) data tables

    One should have the possibility to define transformations on data canvas for external (in-db) tables. Also a possibility to review the data should be possible.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Data Streams 0 Future Consideration

    Do not automatically generate cluster columns after dendrogram clustering in heat map

    I find it a bit annoying that cluster membership columns are automatically generated if I calculate dendrograms in a heatmap. I do this in order to group the rows/columns, not to calculate clusters. There should be an option to inactivate the colu...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Community Expression in Product

    Let's allow expression functions to be contributed by the community. Allow pluggable expression code; Python or IronPython or Spotfire expression syntax; Needs new API
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Improve Lag/Lead Functions

    Now implemented but documentation doesn't specify how the ordering of rows is important; in addition, the ordering of rows is not guaranteed, so the functions are not trustworthy at present
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Using StreamBase Studio as client tool on remote PC for development to a Data Stream host server and also integrate Streambase Studio with OKTA..

    This would be helpful in a share environment with different development groups.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 1 Unlikely to implement

    Ability to control the capture strategy on all adaptors and operators

    Currently, most of the adaptors and operators have a capture strategy set to "FLATTERN". It would be good to be able to configure the capture strategy to all "FLATTERN" or "NEST", or make a sbd conf properties to set this value globally.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Streaming 1 Future Consideration

    Concatenate for external data Oracle

    I have connected to Oracla table using custom query and keeping data external. I would like to create a calculated column using Concatenate, but both concat([column1],[column2) and Concatenate([column1],[column2) are not accepted by the expression...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Remove comments from resulting expression

    The resulting expression rendering box is very useful to me when debugging or creating custom expressions. It would be nice not to render the comments on my custom expression on the resulting expression box as shown here
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration
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