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    new data source adapter to connect to local JSON file

    Currently there is a data source adapter File-XML that can connect to local XML file, customer has some data stored as local JSON file so they want as adapter similar like File-JSON that allow them to connect to these local JSON files. Thanks.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 To be Reviewed

    Add Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) Support for Cloud-based adapters

    Many cloud environments like AWS, GCP and Azure support multi-factor authentication for an added layer of security. The server needs to be able to add extensions to support the MFA authentication in these systems.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / access control 0 Future Consideration

    Allow user to input user-defined cardinality stats for tables and columns

    For large tables or senstive production systems, allow the user to input cardinality estimates for the query engine instead of gathering statistics directly
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 3 Future Consideration

    Add No cache refresh option to select

    If you run a select on a cached table, and the cache is empty, the cache will automatically start to refresh. Sometimes you don't want that, as you only want the cache to refresh in tandem with other tables, or only at given times, while there may...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 To be Reviewed

    Change the DateDiff function so that it returns int instead or real and doesn't return factional numbers

    Currently, the DateDiff function factors in the fraction of the whole when returning the differences between year, quarter, month, etc. This can be confusing and hard to use when trying to calculate the differences between months as it will return...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Will not implement

    Set Default Color For Categories

    Frequently, there are specific colors that I want to use for certain dimensions in my data. For instance, if I have credit card transaction data, and I want to break things out by 'Card Type', I should be able to set "AmEx = Green", "Visa = Blue",...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Have the Rebind dialog remember the last folder you selected an object from

    Every time you open the rebind dialog it starts at the root of the Shared folder and then you have to click a bunch of times to find the object you are looking for. I find that I often need to rebind to a bunch of objects within the same folder an...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / development 0 To be Reviewed

    Not equal to should evaluate to true if value is null

    User is stating that IF statements do not handle nulls as expected in calculated columns, or in limit data by expressions on a visualisation. Here is an example: 3 rows of data: ID Value1 Complete2 3 Not Complete Where in ID 2 , the value for the ...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 1 Future Consideration

    Control over formatting anywhere a custom expression is used

    It is quite inconvenient that anywhere you use a custom expression you can't specify the format at the same time (or is there an undocumented keyword for expressions such as '[Home Runs]/[Runs] as [Percentage] like "#.# %"' ?)"
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Future Consideration

    Convert Hexadecimal TEXT into human readable text

    Convert hexadecimal string into ASCII character and then convert into exact text in human redable for exmple following hexadecimal should convert into Hexadecimal Text: 312c383439393035323435303135313733352c333035343639343039372c462c313130392c3836...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration
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