Find dependencies within an analysis

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  Apr 21, 2026

  Hi,

  I'm happy to announce that extended and improved library search expressions for dependencies have been implemented in Spotfire 14.8:

  • New library search operators (ANCESTOR_OF and DESCENDANT_OF) allow searches for ancestors or descendants of items.

  • It is now possible to search the library using prefixed library item type labels (for example {{type::spotfire.sbdf}}, not only {{type::sbdf}}).

  Note this is a stepping stone in the direction towards an easier library lineage understanding.

  For more information, see the What's new in Spotfire 14.8 and the release notes and product documentation.

  Thanks!!

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admin overview of data sources

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For data security and administration purposes it would be useful to have the possibility to create an overview of the data sources with items like source, username, authentication method, location in library, used in - information. this may be, bu...

almost 9 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration

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Search and export information related to analysis file like the folder path to the information links ,data sources ,column elements as a batch

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I want to be able to list all the Information links used by Analysis file. The below query only doesn't help muchdepends_on(type::query) and item_type:dxp I want something similar to the data returned from the below query.But as the DB format coul...

over 10 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration

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Ability to view all infolinks included in a dxp file

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Currently you can right click on individual information links in the Information Designer and see where they are used through the Find References link. It would be helpful to have an option to choose a dxp file and see all of the information links...

over 4 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration

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Create a view of ALL data sources under each .dxp in the library

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Pain point: In order to view ALL the data sources of each “published” Spotfire report in our library, I have to manually open each .dxp, click the data panel source view, and manually document each data source on a spreadsheet. In TDV, you can see...

over 6 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration

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Need more integration between information designer, library administration and analysis interfaces.

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Issue: Working with data sources/information links in context of tracing dependencies is highly inconvenient and functionality is split between several completely different places that cannot be even be opened at once. (You have to navigate both i...

almost 5 years ago in Spotfire / Library Future Consideration