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    Infer data types by introspecting csv files

    The TDV standard File-Delimited adapter introspects all columns in the CSV file as VARCHAR type. It would save time if the data types were inferred by looking at the data in the CSV file.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 3 Already exists

    Support introspection of column comments from MS SQL Server

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    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Future Consideration

    At the intersection of two datasets within data canvas, have the ability to replace both as if you could with an individual dataset.

    If you want to merge two datasets that could be parts of a whole with many transformations after that merge, there should be an option to replace the dataset at the intersection with the complete dataset so that the transformations that would be d...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / Data Management 3 Future Consideration

    Support set the rendertype for customrendertype in ironpython

    I'd like to use IronPython to change the axis render types such as ChemDraw and BIOVIADraw maybe seem as the script as below: vc.XAxis.ScaleLabels.SetLevelSettings(renderColumn, ValueRendererTypeIdentifiers.ChemDrawRenderer)
    over 2 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Web UI - Language Localization

    Support localization of the Web UI.
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization 0 Planning to implement

    allow to add any certificate to be "pinned certificate"

    Since 14.5, we can see some visualization mods are signed by "Verified with root certificate from: N/A - Verified by pinned certificate", these kinds of certificates are not verified in the normal way, aka require root certificate and intermediate...
    about 1 year ago in Spotfire / API 0 Future Consideration

    Set the number of significant digits with having the label of the equation on a graph

    When I draw a regression line on a graph, I can have the label of the equation displayed, but I would like the decimal point displayed with the label to be variable. If the number of digits is too large, the graph is difficult to see, and we would...
    over 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    More visibility on what filters are applied

    The request is to have theme-based filters, change font size, highlight colors for selected filters so that end-users know faster what filters are applied in the output. Currently, the filter panel is not user friendly, and user has only one optio...
    about 3 years ago in Spotfire / Filters / User Experience 2 Future Consideration

    Option to make normal table data editable and/or make new record entry in backend table from Webplayer

    There are often needs for users to present the current status of the configuration tables and also allow the users to be able to modify the configurations. Right now all normal tables (dashboard) are readonly. It will really help to have option ...
    almost 7 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Change column selection an axis with arrow key

    In Spotfire 6.5 it was possible to quickly apply the columns in a data table to the axis of a chart by just using the key arrows on the keyboard. Now in 7.8 this nice feature is gone. Could it please be reintroduced?
    over 9 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration
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