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    Customize Data Connectors

    The ability to add JDBC connections exists but the DB DATA connectors is limited to a finite list. The need exists to be able to add additional data connectors to anything that you can configure and ODBC connection for. Adding data table does not ...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Add ability to search inside data sources in information designer

    I'm often working on information links. To add columns in joins, column elements, filters etc. I always have to scroll through the tables in the data source, open them, add the columns... This is time consuming and annoying work. My suggestion is ...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Control the Map Ratio Settings with a doc properties or expression

    Allow the map ratio settings to be controlled by a document property or a expression. This would be very useful when using non-map based coordinates For example, gunbarrel diagrams in oil and gas. These are often shown with vertical exaggeration b...
    3 months ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Support of SQL Complex Data Types (ARRAY, MAP, STRUCT)

    In our databases (Oracle, Impala, ...) we use complex data types (ARRAYS, MAPS, STRUCTURES). Those data types are not supported today by Spotfire in-db connectors.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Save any type of object in library

    Ability to save any type of object in library. So if I have custom data function or for that matter any custom extension whose state I want to save in library and make it sharable it is not possible.In case of data functions things like conneciton...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Configure visibility of icons and menus in web client

    Application authors would like to control which web actions are available to consumers of a particular analysis. E.g. some don´t want tibbr and the collaboration tools to be visible, others wants to hide the filter panel or the bookmarks panel bec...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire 1 Future Consideration

    Password policies

    We should add support for password policies (length, complexity, expiration etc) when using Spotfire DB for authentication. We should also set up reasonable default values for these parameters.
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 3 Future Consideration

    Uphold default template chosen in PowerPoint, when exporting to PowerPoint from Spotfire.

    The customer would like the company template, which is set to default on the users PowerPoint installations, to be used when exporting to PowerPoint from Spotfire. Currently Spotfire is only choosing a blank page, without any template, when export...
    over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Export 5 Future Consideration

    Add an apply changes button to Custom Expression dialogue box

    I do a lot of cross tables and other visualizations with lots of 'Columns' that are custom expressions, and often I have to go through them and make changes to one or more than one of the expressions. It would be really helpful to have a button in...
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / User Experience 1 Future Consideration

    Automation Services Database Logging

    We need to be able to report on Automation Services job failures as this functionality is not present in Automation Services (ie: job failure notification via e-mail when failure occurs). 1.) The JOB_INSTANCES table is purging rows after approxima...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 0 Future Consideration
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