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Reuse parameters if the same information link prompts are used by multiple tables

Spotfire should allow reuse of parameters if the same information link prompts are used by multiple tables. I have two or more data tables. All tables use information links with the same prompts (say "fund" and a date range). Becomes confusing and...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

fix Information Designer dialog freeze when saving data source

Currently Information Designer dialog freezes when saving data source in, especially when it takes long time to test connection with target database. Customer hope this be fixed to improve usability. Thanks.
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

allow user to force disconnect information link DB connections to release DB cursors

Customer is facing known issue of ORA-01000 sometimes when using information link. They wish to be able to force disconnect information link DB connections to release DB cursors. For example put a button near the JDBC URL in Server Diagnostics tab...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

OR condition when implementing Information link prompts

Expected: Need to have OR condition when implementing Information link prompts e.g. from customer SELECTDISTINCT R1."LEAD_AREA_ID" AS "LEADAREAID",H2."MATERIAL_INCODE" AS "MATERIALINCODE"FROM"AGDIME"."RES_MATERIAL" R1,"AGDIME"."HERB" H2WHERE((R1."...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Remove dragging of folders in Information Designer

Remove the ability to drag folders to move them in the Information Designer. The function is rarely used deliberately and it's too easy to accidentally move a folder and then struggle to find it again.
over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

Improved progress information when reports are loading

It's difficult to determine how long a report is going to take to load. This can be for a number of reasons, including the fact that Spotfire will likely not know how much data is going to be returned from databases. So it's accepted that a "% Com...
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Information designer - Possibility to re-order columns in Calculated column, Filter, Join

Hello Order of colomn is important in Calculated colomn, Filter, Join, as we wrote %1, %2, %3 ... in the formula.Sometime we need to change a colomn, a get the new one in the same order... Now we can't. Could it be possible to add 2 buttons (Up / ...
almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Make it possible for the admin to remove "Create Data Source" from Information Designer yet keep the ability to add elements and joins.

At our company we only want the admins to create data sources. We store them in a shared but secure folder. All users work from that folder to create the elements that everyone uses. When user's create their own data source is confuses others and ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

build table's alias with alphabet for information link SQL to avoid errors

We are seeing SQL error with some databases when loading data via information link. The SQL is generated by Information Designer with table's alias being built from the first character of the table name. In case of MongoDB (via MySQL data source t...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

More informative error messages when failing to open information link

"I wish there was better, more informative error handling." 1. In information designer, find an information link which contains a column element of type string.2. Change the type of the column element to integer.3. Open the information link. Resul...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration