Option to delete or edit 'Filter Rows' transformation is not available in the Spotfire client Data Canvas

Product: Spotfire Analyst
Versions:10.1 and higher

Summary:
This article describes about why the option to delete or edit the 'Filter Rows' transformation is not available for some data tables in the Data Canvas.

Details:
Consider the below scenario:

• 'Filters Rows' transformation is applied to the data tables.
• There is an option to edit or delete the 'Filters Rows' transformation in the Data Canvas. Please refer to the image below.

• The option to delete or edit the 'Filters Rows' transformation is not present in the Data Canvas for some of the data tables. Please refer the below images

 

Resolution:
The following settings need to be checked:

1. Firstly, check the Data Table Properties setting. For it, Open Spotfire Analyst >> Data Menu >> Data Table Properties >> General.
2. Inside the General tab, check the store data option i.e. the data table is embedded or linked to the source.
3. The option to delete or edit the 'Filters Rows' transformation is only available for the Data Table which is 'linked to the source'. If the data table is 'embedded' then the option is not available.