Spotfire

Information for the TIBCO Spotfire platform

Tips -- How to Insert Key Columns
Most Spotfire users find out quickly that wheninserting columns, they cannot insert key columns, which are sometimesnecessary.  The way to get around this ...
Tue, 7 Mar, 2017 at 6:05 PM
How To - Combine values along the categorical axis
In the bar chart shown below, the well identifier is shown on the x axis, and production is shown on the y axis.  There are a lot of wells in this data ...
Mon, 28 Nov, 2016 at 1:18 PM
Problem Solving - ‘The CustomQuery: ‘TableName’ was not allowed to execute because it is not trusted
Sometimes custom queries become untrusted, just like scripts.  Here are the steps to follow to fix/trust them again. Attempt to open the DXP When th...
Tue, 20 Dec, 2016 at 4:37 PM
How To - Data Limiting with Filtering Schemes
The default filter setting in Spotfire is that filtering in one page filters in all pages.  This default can easily be overridden by using filtering schemes...
Tue, 20 Dec, 2016 at 4:46 PM
Problem Solving - Can't save
For the error message: Unable to save the file <file name>.dxp DirectoryNotFound Could not find a part of the path This error can be caused by d...
Tue, 20 Dec, 2016 at 5:28 PM
How To - Create a slider property control & connect to a line/curve
In this example, a numeric slider will be used to create a horizontal line on a visualization that can be moved with the slid  1. Add a text area 2. Ri...
Wed, 25 Jan, 2017 at 9:58 AM
Problem Solving -- Other users cannot see bookmarks
Bookmarks must be made public for other people to see them and use them.  It is a very common error to forget to make bookmarks public, especially when buil...
Tue, 7 Mar, 2017 at 5:50 PM
How to - Create a data function with TERR
Here are the high level steps to write a data function in TERR.  Write the script Create the input parameters Create the output parameters Run the...
Thu, 2 Feb, 2017 at 12:14 PM
Problem Solving - Cube import went wrong
If you have ever added a data table from Microsoft Analysis Services (i.e. a cube) and see this unexpected result and wonder what happened.  The answer is s...
Tue, 7 Mar, 2017 at 5:54 PM
How To - Format a button
Most Spotfire users are familiar with buttons and Action Controls, but many miss a useful option to format or edit the button.  Aftertoggling the text are...
Tue, 7 Mar, 2017 at 5:56 PM