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    Recursive CTE Support

    I need to be able to query TDV views recursively. CTEs are great for this, but currently I just get the error "invalid table" when referring to the CTE name within the CTE.
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support 0 To be Reviewed

    Spotfire Analyst / Automation Services - No column name for Table / Cross table

    Using a case to exporting data from a visualization to a .txt (tab separated) for example, there is no possibility to export the data without displaying the column names. Some applications require input file without the column title row. The same ...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    TZCONVERTOR SQL import failure

    In cases where the data source provides a valid date but an "unacceptable" timestamp, SQL imports fail with an error message stating "Illegal instant due to time zone offset transition." While this issue is not uncommon across various systems, we'...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / sql support 0 Future Consideration

    Need ability to restrict the "Find" option available in the Spotfire 10.3 version to specific pages of a report.

    Hi, With Spotfire 10.3 version, we have got a new "find" option to perform various searches in the spotfire report UI. However this find option is currently applicable to all the pages of a spotfire report and we are looking for options to restric...
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 6 Future Consideration

    Add 'Deletable' attribute for Properties (column/table/document)

    Properties have the 'Editable' attribute in Spotfire that allows the creator of the property (via API) to specify if the attribute is editable or not. Editable means that the user can either edit the property value or delete the property. It would...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Analytics 1 Future Consideration

    Connecting Oracle Data Source using Oracle Internet Directory LDAP/LDAPS

    As per CIS-65495, this feature is not supported. This feature for LDAP works flawlessly in most cases; however, in some cases it doesn't work. Also, there is no clear directives on how to configure Oracle data source using OID on LDAPS. For a firm...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    Dashboard layout should support snapping to grid or orientation lines

    when there are many widgets in a dashboard, it is really hard to keep them all arranged in a nice manner. e.g. have small widgets left and right and a bigger one in the middle - the user ends up in using a physical ruler holding to the screen to b...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    Adding an "Uncheck All" (for columns) box when adding a Data Table

    Having an option to uncheck all boxes in the "Excel Import Settings" Wizard, when loading a table or file into spotfire, would save lots of time instead of having to manually uncheck all the columns you do not want included. Thank you.
    about 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    Don't deprecate the export/import automation services tasks

    The "export library items" and "import library items" automation services tasks have been deprecated as the server configuration command line has been updated to include similar features. We make use of automation services tasks within scripts tha...
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 2 Future Consideration

    Change (Empty) in axis values of cross table

    When a value for a column on the axis of a cross table is missing, "(Empty)" is displayed. This looks awful. It should be possible to display those entries as empty cells. It can be done by using something like sn([axis column], "") for strings or...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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