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    Addition of Pre-Updates queries in data connections

    Hi. If a query needs some pre-calculations such as temporary tables we use the pre-updates section in the custom SQL in the Information Link page. If we want to use the direct DB access using the data connection method, we get an error because o...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Support JSON data type of PostgreSQL

    PosgreSQL supports JSON format from version 9.3. Unfortunately, Spotfire doesn't support JSON data type when working with a PostgreSQL database like the following link. https://docs.tibco.com/pub/sfire-analyst/7.11.0/doc/html/en-US/TIB_sfire-ana...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Preview top N rows before adding data from Library

    Suppose I want to browse available data in Information Links or SBDF's stored in my Spotfire Library. I would like to preview the top few rows of this data before importing it to analysis. When setting up a Data Connection, you are able to preview...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    DB2 in-database connector for zOS

    Would be great if you can support zOS for in-database connectors.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Option where Multiple Prompts should be displayed in a single screen

    By default user needs to go through all the Prompts step by step to get the data. Requirement is when multiple prompts are there in report all needs to be displayed in single page and one click is required after the data input/selection with all t...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Support for SQLite databases

    SQLite is the most popular database and an awesome (free) technology for quick prototyping. It is more stable than csv files, more scaleable than XLSX sheets and more flexible than many Big Data solutions. Allowing proper interfacing with SQLite d...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 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...
    almost 9 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.
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Adding Data from multiple tabs in excel at one time

    There are instances where you receive daily details on each tab of excel which runs into 30 tabs. So the data input should be designed in such a way where we can input all the details at one time rather than inputting the data 30 times as all the ...
    almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    I would like the "Edit">"Edit in WebUI" menu in Studio to open the Web UI flow.

    When I select a flow created in WebUI from TDV Studio and click "Edit in WebUI" on the menu bar, only the top page of WebUI opens, but not the selected flow. Could you please change the specification so that the selected flow opens? If it is diffi...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 0 To be Reviewed
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