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At the moment it is not possible to retrieve or search for library items of the types dataconnection, connectiondatasource, column, filter, join or datasource using the LibraryManager.Search("type:xx") function!
You can only search for a limited number of types, for instance: LibraryManager.Search("type:folder").
Via the UI it is possible to search "type:datasource", but via the api it is impossible since they are internal and not exposed, which makes accessing the library via the api (almost) useless!
| Implemented in | 11.6 |
The question is, why are the other types set to be internal instead of pubic. I believe It would greatly enhance the framework for creating new library extensions.
Furthermore directly accessing the Spotfire database is not desired.
This is a useful idea but we went directly to the Spotfire admin database as it's fairly easy to figure out where things are. Granted that's not supported but having visibility of all objects in the library it's a price worth paying for.