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    Allow excluding a column from the resulting view for Information Links

    When loading data from SQL or other external sources, the right hand panel labeled "Columns in Selected View" allows users to unselect fields that are not needed in the analysis. When loading data from an information link, the user is required to ...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 0 Future Consideration

    capability to search columns in "Line from Data Table" dialog

    Customer is asking for the capability to search columns in "Line from Data Table" dialog, in this use case there are lots of columns(1000~) and not sorted so it's very difficult to find the wanted column.
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Deploying a new deployment area to Spotfire client removes the older packages and modules

    Hi Developers, Switching to a new deployment area through Spotfire client startup removes the older packages (modules) and replaces them with the new packages into the Modules folder. This makes switching between versions not possible since every ...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 2 Future Consideration

    Information Designer: Open elements and joins in information links directly, e.g. by double-clicking

    I sometimes would like to open elements and joins which are used in an Information link. To do so, I have to look for the path and then open the element/join from the elements window on the left. This is annoying and error prone. A double click in...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 1 Future Consideration

    API support for mapping UI elements to marked rows in visualization mods

    Add API to make it easier to map UI elements to marked rows when developing a visualization mod. The API could typically support SVG intersection and HTML element box intersection.
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    out-of-the-box /lib function to "applyReservedListToPath" and "applyReservedListToWord"

    Implement out-of-the-box /lib functions that emulate the ASAssets Utilities "applyReservedListToPath" and "applyReservedListToWord". A function like this is required in the "new" Dynamic Data Source Call Back function to fix data source paths refe...
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / admin APIs 0 Planning to implement

    Multi-level column headers / sub-grouping

    If you have multiple columns that belong together (e.g. different readouts per assay) it would be space efficient to group them visually and just display the group name once above the others. It also gives a nice visual cue which columns belong to...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 3 Future Consideration

    Parallel start execution of two or more scripts/jobs

    dear sir/madam, I have multiple scrips that are independent of each other, for example scripts to do some calculations and then insert/update/delete data into tables in target database. For example script01, script02 and script03. Each script c...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / performance 1 Future Consideration

    Smartsheet as a data source in Spotfire

    I'd like to read data from Smartsheets directly into Spotfire (Cloud).
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 1 Future Consideration

    Information Designer read access

    We want Information Designer read access to enable the functionality of checking SQL queries and Data Source Name. In current scenario, users does not have access for Information Designer and Data Source. Users should be able to view the SQL queri...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 7 Future Consideration
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