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    Wildcard or partial string matches for Data on Demand

    I'm trying to work with Data on Demand with "string" type fields. We have a large database of error logs, and are trying to search through the log text to find mentions of a specific substring that can appear in slightly different places within th...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Analyst - Open Information Designer to edit selected Information Link from Data canvas

    With a right-click on the icon for the Information Link within the Data canvas, and/or with a button (see attached modified screenshot), the Information Designer would open for editing the selected Information Link. This would improve a lot the wo...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    Export Full Text Area to PDF

    Today, when attempting to export a text area, there is no way to ensure the full text is exported to PDF like there is for "Show Trellis Panels" or "Show Rows" not visible on screen for other visuals. This would be a handy enhancement to ensure th...
    almost 10 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Easily switch between configured visualizations

    When building dashboards for our consumer users, for some visualizations, I would like to be able to provide one or more options that the user can easily choose between. As an example I may have a visualization that shows Class sales over time as ...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 1 Future Consideration

    Support Special Characters in the search for Text Box Filters

    When using a Text Box filter special characters such as & aren't supported so when you search for M & it doesn't return M & T Bank as an example.
    4 months ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Support Library REST API Permission Evaluation for Specific Users in Client Credentials Flow

    Currently, when using the Library REST API with OAuth2 Client Credentials authentication, requests are executed only with the API client’s own permissions. At the moment, it is possible to retrieve all library items using the client’s permissions ...
    4 months ago in Spotfire / Library 0 Future Consideration

    Official Support for CDH 6.x

    I think it's important to officially support one of the most important Hadoop distributions in its recent version. CDH 6 has been released more than 1 year ago, so it's time to provide official support for this data source.
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 2 To be Reviewed

    Support impersonation in Data Connections via WebPlayer

    As per case 02092109 we understand that what is no problem with Data Connections + fat client, Information Links + fat client and Information Links + WebPlayer, is not supported for Data Connections + WebPlayer. If the solution to https://ideas.ti...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Multi-factor authentication to connect to Azure database

    Trying to connect to Azure SQL DB (using Active Directory - Password), but every time trying to connect to the DB via Spotfire gets the error : ERROR MESSAGE:Cannot connect to '<servername>.database.windows.net'.System.AggregateException: On...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Provide an option to setup a custom database for the default cache db

    The DV server currently uses an embedded PostgreSQL database as the default cache. This enhancement would allow the developer or admin the ability configure any supported cache data source as their "default" cache.
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 0 Future Consideration
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