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    More details in action log for Information Links

    The new(ish) action logging for data connections is excellent - we can easily see from a single record what type of database was used, the specific database, how long the query took and how much data was returned. Extracting similar data for Infor...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Smart Data Source Optimizer

    In many enterprise Spotfire deployments, reports connect to wide tables or views via JDBC or Infolinks, often bringing in 50–200 columns by default—even when only a fraction of these columns are actually used in visualizations, expressions, or scr...
    9 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Support JSON data type of PostgreSQL

    Unfortunately, TDV doesn't support JSON data type when working with a PostgreSQL database.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 To be Reviewed

    allow set OR for multiple prompts in information link / data connection

    Please allow end user to set OR for multiple prompts in information link / data connection, currently all prompts are concatenated with AND only.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Facilitate easier changing of data types in the Information Designer

    TIBCO needs to change the Information Designer and make it easier to make mass changes to data types. Currently, this has to be done one by one, column by column. There are functions that allow quicker changes through transformations or the data p...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 4 Future Consideration

    Skip NULL fields in JSON responses (REST Data Service)

    When exposing a table/view using REST Data Services, the JSON responses include fields with a NULL value explicitly. In some cases for tables sparsely populated this can add a lot of overhead (tons of NULL fields). This is being the case reported...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 Future Consideration

    Hyperlink directly to Information Links/Column Objects directly from within Data Table or Column properties

    You know what I have to do 50 times a day? Edit->Data Table Properties Copy out the GUID of the information link Close Data Table Properties Open Information Designer Search for id::xxxxxxx (GUID) Why cant I just have a hyperlink in data t...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Allow initial value setting of parameter(s) in parameterized Information Link

    Related to Idea-46, but for parameterized Information Link. #### Scenario Currently, there's a pop-up asking for _test value_ for parameter used in Information Link upon loading (see .png). I realized using Prompts instead on Parameters allow for ...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Ability to download cs_server.log file from DV Manager

    Often times I work as an administrator on a DV server hosted on infrastructure I don't have access to. For troubleshooting purposes it would be very useful to be able to download the cs_server.log file from the DV Manager web interface. This allow...
    10 months ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / monitoring 0 Future Consideration

    Push down TDV TZCONVERTOR function to Oracle DB

    The following function when added to Oracle capabilities help push down TZCONVERTOR to Oracle db - TZCONVERTOR(@timestamp,~string,~string): cast(from_tz($1, $2) at time zone $3 as TIMESTAMP) Sample query - SELECT TZCONVERTOR (parse_timestamp('2023...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration
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