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    Switch existing connection between in-mem and in-db

    Once a native connector has been set for in-mem or in-db, you can not switch anymore to the other option. You have to create a new connector. The user interface is confusing because in the Data Tables properties, a field shows that Data is externa...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Allow Business Directory to be custom rebranded and restyled

    I have had several customer ask me recently if Business Directory can be rebranded with their own company logos, background images and tailored with their own stylesheets to make it feel more in-keeping with other corporate tools. After all, the p...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 1 Future Consideration

    Open XML files

    Easily open xml.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    Change default encoding to Unicode (UTF8) when replacing data table in Spotfire using Ironpython script

    refer to the support ticket - 01862613 We have code in place which replaces data table based on dynamic parameter passing for multi clustered sql data. This works perfectly fine in english. But since because the encoding cannot be done before load...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 3 Future Consideration

    Spotfire client opens 5 connections to database when using Oracle data connectors, and hold them till closing the client

    When we use a data connection to retrieve data from an Oracle database, the Spotfire client opens 5 connections to the database with each usage. Those connections remain open even after you close the template using File > Close. The only way to...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Static filters in in-database connectors (remove rows)

    It should be possible to filter out rows based on an expression as global filter attributes. E.g. CREATED date > sysdate-365 or ROW_NUM<1000001 (Useful when debugging queries that have long run time to load a data subset
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Be able to connect SFTP from Spotfire

    The goal is to be able to connect Spotfire to a SFTP datasource. This need is ask many to from our business. It's quite more easy than a specific API connector for example.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Support Commen Table Expression (WITH) in data connection custom query

    Commen Table Expresion (CTE) is currently not supported in the custom query. This would allow users to use temporary result set within the execution scope. We usually handle this with a store procedure, but its an issue on databases we are not all...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 7 Future Consideration

    Include published objects in Workbench in WebUI

    Published objects are visible in the Data Catalog but not in the Workbench, even if they have the correct privileges.
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data catalog / metadata 0 To be Reviewed

    Open session commands (pre post statements) for data connections

    We have many data sources that implement row level security using features such as Oracle’s VPD. This relies on the ability for Spotfire to provide the end user identity whenever running SQL on the database - which is easily achieved using the Ope...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 6 Future Consideration
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