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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 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 4 Future Consideration

Support PostgreSQL functions returning refcursors

Information Designer doesn't support PostgreSQL functions that return refcursors. We have a need to write a function that can return different columns under different circumstances - which requires returning a refcursor. It is possible to do this ...
about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Add a Favourites folder and Recent Locations option to Information Designer

THis would save a lot of time. The Information Designer doesn’t even remember where you were last, and open at that location. You have to constantly navigate from the root folder. Adding Favourites and Recent Locations would be a great help. Also,...
about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

Need ability to retrieve all columns in a table through information link (Select * from table) rather than adding individual columns to the information designer

In most cases, we use all the columns from a table or view to be source for spotfire through an information link. Any new column addition in the back end table or any column data type modification will NOT automatically propagate to the informatio...
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

Show path for the search items like information link in information designer.

Right now when someone try to search for an information link with some part of its name like *well* on information designer it doesn't return the path, again we have to open Library admin do same thing there and find the path then come back again ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

Cancel the opening of a DXP file while reading data from a data source (Information Link) - query to database should be cancelled

When a user cancels the opening of an analysis file and the analysis file is connected to an information link and reading the data; *the Spotfire Server should send a cancel to the database to cancel the query*. Currently, even though the user has...
over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

Information link caching - dynamic queries (on demand settings)

For dynamic queries the information link / SQL query contain " and <condition>" at the end of query to add the dynamic values (based on on-demand setting). When multiple users access the same data the query gets executed multiple times. Cach...
almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Enable ability to paste in SQL on an information link without needing to add data columns

In extending Spotfire to replace legacy reporting, or in cases where SQL queries were developed and known to be good, the manual creation of column attributes, filters andjoins is tedious and pasting in a SQL on an information link can speed devel...
almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

Add hyperlinks directly to Information Designer objects in Document and Column Properties

Can we add a hyperlink in the Data Table and Column Properties, which opens the Information Designer - and opens the object immediately. It is time consuming to copy the ID and search for the item, or navigate to the folder - especially as the Inf...
about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

Add ability to allow people to see how an information link is built but not modify it

As an admin, I frequently get asked about what is behind an information link. It would be nice if I had a group or permission that users could be assigned to where they could view how an information link is built but not be able to modify it or cr...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 2 Future Consideration