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    Provide support for adding the datasources using ODBC

    Currently we can connect to the data sources using JDBC protocol except of Microsoft excel ODBC. We should expand this to other data sources including the custom adapter data sources so that this will give us the flexibility to connect more data s...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 1 Already exists

    Allow "Draw as Step Lines" to be multiaxis specific

    I have several data sets that show actual data vs a model as line charts. The actual data is best represented as a continuous line while the model would be best shown as a "step line.
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    Add support for converting/handling SQL Server DATETIMEOFFSET fields

    In the MS world, developers are frequently using the DATETIMEOFFSET type to specify a point in time at a given time zone offset. The type is common in SQL Server and C# code (probably more). Data like this ends up in SQL Server data sources. TDV d...
    almost 3 years ago in Spotfire Data Virtualization / data sources 0 Likely to implement

    Create a searchable catalogue of Spotfire Analyses

    My thoughts on an improvement to the product would be a concept of a catalogue, where I could build an analysis and then "publish" it with a description of what it is to a catalogue. people could browse/search the catalogue find something that loo...
    about 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library 1 Future Consideration

    Add a Favourites folder and Recent Locations option to Information Designer

    THis would save a lot of time. The Information Designer doesn’t even remember where you were last, and open at that location. You have to constantly navigate from the root folder. Adding Favourites and Recent Locations would be a great help. Also,...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access / Information Services 2 Future Consideration

    AutoSynch Library TERR Data Function Parameters, not just scripts

    I'm able to force an auto-sync of a library function upon opening a Spotfire template. This is very useful for distributed templates among many users, as incremental changes in the function will be automatically pushed to every user. However, the ...
    over 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Functions / Scripting 2 Future Consideration

    Allow Admins to post in-tool messages to all connected clients.

    To provide better user engagement and more efficient use of resources, especially in light of dynamically scaling down the number of active Spotfire servers in a cloud configuration, Spotfire Admins should be able to broadcast important messages t...
    about 9 years ago in Spotfire / System Administration 0 Future Consideration

    Categoric custom color scheme import needs improvement - I need to choose the colors. And More.

    I have needed this feature for the last 10 years. When I import a set of colors that I have saved to library, there is no way to choose how the colors are mapped onto categoric values. Spotfire just takes them in order and it's always the same. Th...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 0 Future Consideration

    show more information in data loading dialog

    Currently we can get below information in data loading dialog when opening analysis or loading data, \! filetype=Spotfire.DataFormat.Text; version=2.0; \! property=Name; category=Column; type=String; \! property=DataType; category=Column; type=S...
    over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Add match columns dialog when replacing a single datasource within a larger joined datatable

    If you need to replace a single datasource that is joined to multiple other datasources in a data table there is no way to match your existing columns to the new datasource columns as the match column dialog is only available when there is a singl...
    over 5 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration
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