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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

Use SQL Server User table functions in Spotfire Professional Client through Information Designer .

Currently in Spotfire Professional Client through Information Designer , SQL Server User table functions doesn't work.User wants Spotfire the ability to use SQL Server User table functions from information deisgner. User created below function , b...
almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Enable ability to add DB hints to information link without using freehand SQL

Hints are sometimes useful to improve performance of an information link but can only be added as FREEHAND. Freehand then locks the SQL and changes to filter parameters aetc are not honored
almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Add Order By option to Information Designer

It would be helpful to be able to sort an information link before it is brought into a visualization. Currently, you have to open the sql view and add an Order By section at the bottom of the sql which then makes it impossible to change things in ...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Make the Information Link Prompts as a shopping cart to see selected values separately from available values

The prompts on the Information links have no search function (Issue in itself). When selections are then made from a long list, it is not easy to see what items were selected, even though they are highlighted. If I have to select 10 from a list of...
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Merging information Link

Add a function to let Spotfire user to build information link from existed informaiton links. Existed information links can be joined using add columns, add rows like we do for data table.
over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration