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Ability to pass analysis Title along with SQL to Oracle, e.g. as a comment

In order to help identify problem queries in Oracle, we'd like to pass the title of the dxp (or name of Information Link) as part of the SQL. We are able to do this with other reporting tools by using built-in system variables for Userid and repor...
almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Will not implement

Better control of Information Services database jobs and scheduled updates to improve system stability

With Resource Monitor it's possible to set limits on how many open analysis Web Player can have and how much memory Web Player can use but this barely scratches the surface of what we want to set limits on to assure the stability of a large Spotfi...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Data Source Configurable timeout setting

In the Information Designer/Data Source, we would like to have a way to configure a data source timeout. We want more granularity to terminate connections if queries takes too long to execute from the application/client level. (Note that this is d...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 4 Future Consideration

Add pass-trough column naming patterns in Pivot Conditioning of the Information Designer for creating new Information Links

Pivoting functionality in Information Links helps reduce load time by pushing data preparation to server. Currently Pivot Conditioning functionality in Information Link dialogue of Information Designer does not allow Column name expressions for pa...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Make the Information Designer remember where I last was!

100 times a day. Open Information Designer, navigate complex folder hierarchy, change something...close Information Designer. 2 minutes later, open Information Designer...all the folders are collapsed again, start from scratch navigating the folde...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Make Information Designer a non-modal form

50 times a day, I open Information Designer, navigate a complex folder hierarchy, make my change and close the Designer. Why can’t I keep my Information Designer open all the time in the background and minimise it. Either that or make it a separat...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services / User Experience 1 Already exists

Add a "Favourites" folder, and "recently visited" option to the Information Designer

This would be very useful if you use the Information Library a lot, and have complex folder structures (like me!!)...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 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...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Add additional information to Information Link prompts

It would be great if you could add instructions to prompts presented via Information Links. At the moment, all a user gets to see is the database column name when presented with a prompt choice. It would be great if, in the Information Designer, w...
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

Resize "Elements" box in Information Designer

In the Information Designer, when creating a new Information Link, it would be nice if the Elements box allowed more than 7 visible items. Ideally, the window could be grown to consume the available space. This would simplify resorting the list.
about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration