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Decouple Database Selection from Data Source

When creating a Data Source, most Connectors currently include the selection of a Database and the Schema Browser shows just the Tables in the chosen Database. It would be preferable to just set the server cection details and then list all availab...
about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration
102 VOTE

Allow changing grand total and subtotal names in cross tabs.

Would like ability to change the name of the Grand Total/Subtotal columns and rows in a crosstab. Perhaps add a variable or expression to show what the subtotal is referring to, e.g. Subtotal Product.
over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

Don't execute data functions when required input data is empty

Many data functions you want triggered from markings. However, when nothing is marked, empty inputs are sent to the DF which causes errors. So you have to create specific error handling code for TERR to detect # rows for input and send out empty d...
over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions 4 Future Consideration

Ability to disable storing data in the undostack to prevent continuous increase in memory consumption when data is refreshed

Per request from the Support team (Case#02157929), I am creating this urgent feature request. The customer(s) are severely impacted by the continuous memory consumption when the open template (a dashboard) has automatic refresh every n minutes. At...
about 3 years ago in Spotfire / API 5 Future Consideration

Debugger for IronPython

It would be very helpful if there was a debugger for IronPython scripts. Otherwise you always have to tediously set print statements
4 months ago in Spotfire / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

Improve performance of query retrieving user authorization for more than 300% by removing order by statement

We discovered a Spotfire query that retrieves user authorization, which has the highest cost and is used more than 400 times an hour on our system. It contains an "order by" statement. If this statement is removed it performs 300% faster. Although...
about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Installation 7 Future Consideration
106 VOTE

Keep Colour schema when change the Colour dimension

In any graph, If the dimension on colours section change, the Colour scheme will change with to the default one. I think it would be more correct if it the graph keep the same color scheme even if the dimension that manage the colour change. We s...
about 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 5 Future Consideration

Enable Execution of Database Statements in (Custom) Queries

If one fires a custom query, Spotfire builds a SELECT * FROM () around the query. This means that only queries with a SELECT statement are supported. However, I often have the case that I want to use other SQL statements. For example, the statemen...
12 months ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

Truncate cache buckets instead of delete

Currently buckets have all their records deleted, and then the new records are inserted. In the database this means 2 write operations, and is a major cause of index fragmentation. Most databases allow you to truncate the table, which is only an a...
over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / caching 1 Planning to implement

Limit system resource (CPU, memory, RAM, etc.) an analysis may consume

Provide the ability to set maximum limits on the system resources (CPU, memory, RAM, etc.) that an analysis running on Spotfire Server may consume. This will prevent individual analyses from consuming all available resources and making the server ...
over 7 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration