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    Add functionality to read XML body from files in File - XML datasource

    We have multiple collections of XML files that are all of the same XML schema. These files are accesed through the File - XML datasource. Currently, processing XML files from this source requires that a transformation is defined on each file. That...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Unlikely to implement

    Support for Kafka adapter in TDV

    We would like you to add support for a Kafka adapter in TDV to make it possible to access live Kafka data, in avro format, as a datasource. We currently have mulitple Kafka streams storing data in avro format and such an adapter would enable us ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Future Consideration

    Doc ER (Install guide): Add references to DV release guide for upgrade steps

    Customers typically refer to the TDV Install guide for any installation aspects. However, we need one particular section where we mention both options : about fresh installs and upgrade steps - As I see the install path is same for all version and...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Likely to implement

    PI Connector to Spotfire

    PI Connector to Spotfire is not very useful. It hangs when a larger data set is selected and the connector does not allow for multiple queries at the same time. The PI connector needs to be more like the one that is on the Spotfire Streaming platform
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Planning to implement

    Give back the DXP Analyst Option : Allow authoring in web clients

    Some DXP file needs to be un-editable buy Business Author users. In 7.8 we could un check the option "Allow authoring in web clients" in the Document Properties. We lost the function in v10. User can't alreay modify what is in "DashBoard" folder (...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Do cache refresh in push down where possible

    In case the cache table is in the same database as all the other tables contributing to the cache, the cache refresh should run in full push down. This instead of selecting and bringing all the data from the database to the TDV server and then sen...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / performance 5 Already exists

    Allow customization of the CREATE TABLE DDL for cache creation

    Allow a developer to customize the CREATE TABLE DDL when creating cache tables so that specific clauses for logging, distributed by, tpartitioning or storage parameters can be added to the CREATE statement. This could be handed edited by the devel...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 1 Future Consideration

    Option to limit web service API invocation for specified time

    This feature is to help control load on the TDV server from web service calls. Organizations with hardware limits or web services that pull large amounts of data could use this feature to keep load on their server in check without causing unintend...
    over 1 year ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / web services 0 Future Consideration

    It should be possible after the creation of a new table on a database to get it also inside an existing DC without any manual action

    In general it should be possible to create a data connection as a mirror image of the DB to which it is connected. In this way, without the intervention of an Analyst it would be possible to offer users all possible updated data sources
    almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Relations Option is only visible if available tables in database loads into the Spotfire 11.4 LTS

    Scenario: Connection type: Oracle Authentication method: Oracle authentication User is connecting to Oracle database using external connection. User can connect to tables and can use custom queries. This works fine. But user cannot create a relati...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
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