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    Fix the way Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query

    This is more of an issue/bug than an enhancement/idea. Spotfire in-database connection generates highly inefficient SQL query with WHERE clause when it is not at all required. For example, if a visualization is showing a metric/measure such as Sal...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values

    Users appreciate Spotfire’s ability to match column name changes during data reloading. This ideas proposes the ability for Spotfire to check data (during load) for quality and changes in column values (especially when metadata changes or when dat...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add hyperlinks directly to Information Designer objects in Document and Column Properties

    Can we add a hyperlink in the Data Table and Column Properties, which opens the Information Designer - and opens the object immediately. It is time consuming to copy the ID and search for the item, or navigate to the folder - especially as the Inf...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    Random Sample data as Transformation option

    Don't think this is currently possible. Currently, to do a random sample, I create a calculated column for random value like Rand(1). Then I filter the data to my sample size (e.g. I filter out 0.0 to 0.7 if I want a random sample that's 30% of th...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 5 Future Consideration

    Enable indents for HTML script in the textarea

    Improve the visibility and clean coding of the HTML script in the textarea. When you safe a structured HTML script with indents the indent information is all lost and makes it hard to edit the HTML again.
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Text Area 0 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Cloud - Scheduled updates of data tables / files

    I am really missing the option to set scheduled updates / reloads for analysis files (and/or individual data tables) in Spotfire Cloud. If we had this feature, it would be a no-brainer to buy multiple licenses of Spotfire Cloud. I would just lik...
    over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Spotfire Community page to share Dashboard designs and Iron Python scripts like Tableau Public

    We need to have a webpage to share new dashboard design ideas just like tableau has for tableau public. Its high time for all the Spotfire community people to have a common page to share dashboard on a common platform and download by one click rat...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Visualize months with single letter code

    When visualizing trends using binned dates it would definitely help to have the possibility to visualize a single letter code for months instead of the three letter codes. When all months are displayed it could help in optimizing the visualization.
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    File Routing and/or Deny Open for Scheduled Updates Change

    We like having scheduled-updates.performance.deny-open-when-not-scheduled set to true in config.bat so that users don't try to open large cached analyses outside of their scheduled window. However, we also want to be able to route a specific file ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Scheduled Updates 2 Future Consideration

    Option to show custom application and document tools in any standard Spotfire menu

    As a developer or an administrator I want to show my custom tools in any native Spotfire menu, like File, Data or Help, or in a custom sub-menu below. This would give the flexibility to show custom functionality in more logical places when using ...
    over 6 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration
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