How to write to the Source Information tab from a Custom Data Source using Spotfire® C# API

Introduction

When developing a Custom Data Source there might be a need to write certain information to the "Source Information" tab in the, Data Table Properties >> Source Information tab. This could be achieved by overriding the GenerateDataHistoryCore method in the DataSource class and add the details to the builder.

Code Sample

public class SampeDataSource : CustomDataSource
{
    protected override void GenerateDataHistoryCore(DataHistoryBuilder builder)

    {
        // Add the Year to the Source Information tab.

        DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
        builder.AddDetail("Year :" + now.ToString("yyyy"));
    }
}

References

• API Reference: DataSource.GenerateDataHistoryCore Method

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License