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Option to Automatically Create Table Relations for Tables from Relational Databases

It would nice if when adding multiple tables from a relational database there was an option to automatically create the table relations in Spotfire based on the database foreign keys. This would save a lot of time and ensure that the relations rem...
about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

allow to grant mod trust to groups

To use mod in an isolated environment without internet access(Spotfire Server, Web Player, Analyst,etc), we have been trying to figure out the best solution to eliminate the prerequisite that each user much perform trust action on each mod used, o...
almost 2 years ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration

automatically show the pages as more as possible when open a dxp file

The situation now is required to click the three point button to show as wide as possible. Some end user is asking whether they can look the page as wide as possible without even click the mouse.
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience Future Consideration

Export "Table (Without value formatting)" option for desktop users

Just as it says, add the same option that is available for webplayer to Spotfire desktop users. Reason: when I have a formatted number (123k, 123M), the export data will retain the format and I cannot get it changed without ruining the entire repo...
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Export Future Consideration

Possibility to directly load .gz and .zip compressed input files

Could we get the possibility to directly work with .gz and .zip compressed input files (like .csv and .txt). Most other tools can handle compressed input, but not Spotfire.
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access Future Consideration

Maximize canvas programmatically

Hi, It would be great to have a hotkey or toggle option to utilize in the Spotfire Analyst that mimics the View> Maximize Canvas feature, using an IronPython Script. The "F11" key helps entering full screen mode, however it doesn't do the same ...
11 months ago in Spotfire / Scripting Future Consideration

allow to add custom tool into native Tools menu with more than 2 hierarchy

Our customer wants to add custom tool into native Tools menu like, native Tools menu => SubFolder(e.g company name) => SubSubFolder(e.g. tool category) => CustomTool_here Currently only below 2 option are available. (1) native Tools menu ...
11 months ago in Spotfire / API Future Consideration

Enable ability to paste in SQL on an information link without needing to add data columns

In extending Spotfire to replace legacy reporting, or in cases where SQL queries were developed and known to be good, the manual creation of column attributes, filters andjoins is tedious and pasting in a SQL on an information link can speed devel...
about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Information Services Future Consideration

I would like the ability to search columns to join tables on the model tab.

When joining tables in the Model tab, the columns to be joined must be found in the UI and joined. This reduces productivity when there are many columns. This reduces productivity because of the time and effort required to search for the target co...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support Future Consideration

command line to start/stop/restart services under Node Manager

Customer would like to have a command line tool to start/stop/restart services under Node Manager. Currently service start/stop/restart can only be done from Web UI. They need to schedule service start/stop/restart together with other applications...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration Future Consideration
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