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    Store calculated columns in data connections

    If you have a lot of calculated columns in your analysis file, it's frustrating that the only way to share these is by duplicating the analysis file. If they could be stored in data connections these could be reused across multiple dashboards. The...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Search and locate connections based on guid

    Connection to table shows connection name and not GUID. Name is not necessarily unique Source Properties on tables built from a connection does have GUID. This makes reverse trace harder. Searching on NAME is slow and may return duplicates or si...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    All connectors should be available in the web clients' flyout

    I expect all connectors to be available in Business Author. Authoring connections to my data sources is the only reason for me to download the Spotfire Windows client.
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 2 Future Consideration

    Ability to add breaks in axis

    In case of outliers or very large scale data, it could be nice to insert a (or multiple ?) break in axis to avoid crushing of visualisation.
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add an Ignore Zeros option in an Unpivot transformation

    I often have a table with a large number of zero values ( rather than null values) in soem columns that I then need to Unpivot. This results in a table with a large number of rows where the valu column is zero and this impacts overall performance....
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Hide Repeating Hierarchy Levels

    Flat ragged hierarchies often repeat values at lower levels due to different drill down paths. It would be very nice to have the options to hide levels if the parent has the same value. Currently I have to click down through many repeating levels ...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Split a column into rows

    I have a column with multiple values inside, with a separator between each value. The number of values is not the same on every row. If I use the standard split column feature, I will generate a number of columns corresponding to my max number of ...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 2 Future Consideration

    Scatter Plot Line Connections Caps

    In scatter plot line connections it's sometimes very hard to identify where the line connection starts and ends. Start and end caps or markers would be a great enhancement for the line connection. Options should be size, shape and color.
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    DATE datatype must be available in Cloudera Hive native data connector

    DATE datatype is not available in Cloudera Hive native data connector though the DATE datatype is supported in HDI. So, when migrating from HDI to Cloudera HIVE, we are facing issues as we need to convert all the DATE datatype from DATE to TIMESTA...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    When filtering with != or <>, do not remove null/empty values unless it was specified.

    When the condition for != or <> is filtered on, it should not filter out null/empty values unless it was specified in the condition. For example, if there is a field called "Number" with a list of numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,,7,8 (null between 6 and...
    almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 1 Future Consideration
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