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Information Services

    Allow descriptions to be added to prompt filters

    It would be great, if when defining prompt filters in the Information Link, if you could add text providing additional information to the users at each prompt. This could be used to describe the data point, and the impact of the choices being ma...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    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...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services / System Administration 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

    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.
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information 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 / 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

    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 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 2 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...
    11 months ago in Spotfire / Data Management / Information Services 0 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...
    about 7 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...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 3 Future Consideration
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