TIBCO Spotfire FAQ

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• How to define and distribute a new DXP color scheme

  1. In a TIBCO Spotfire plot, right-click and select Properties 2. In the Properties dialog > Colors tab, configure a Color Scheme 3. Click Save As... (New Scheme or Update Scheme) to save the color scheme locally. The new color scheme will from now... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:19 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional

• How to bin the values on the bar chart x-axis

  If you have a numeric column on the x-axis in your bar chart, it can be binned. To activate the binning, right-click on the x-axis selector > select Auto-bin column. It's now also possible to control the number of bins, using the bin-slider directly... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:18 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional

• Using the Min function when calculating new columns

  The Min function can be used to create a new column containing the smallest value out of several columns for that row. 1. For example, load the following dataset into Spotfire : ID col1 col2 col3 a 1 5 56 b 5 54 85 c 12 23 72 2. Go to Insert > Calculated... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:17 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional

• TIBCO Spotfire does not recognize dates in the 'YYYYMMDD' format

  TIBCO Spotfire does not recognize dates in the 'YYYYMMDD' format. Data in this format is interpreted as integers instead of dates. There is currently no way to force the data to be imported in a date format. A possible workaround is to create... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:15 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional

• Can the DateDiff function in TIBCO Spotfire be used to compare months?

  The DateDiff function does not compare the month. It currently only compares in day, hour, minute, second or millisecond. To compare months one could instead e.g. use the Month function to extract the months from the dates (and if needed, the Year function... Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:59 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional, DateDiff

• Is there a migration path to be able to move DecisionSite applications and guides to TIBCO Spotfire?

  All the developer tools, API's, etc. are different for TIBCO Spotfireand DecisionSite so there is no way to use applications created for DecisionSite in TIBCO Spotfire. Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:57 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional, migration, DecisionSite

• The function "lastperiods" does not work as documented

  As per the documentation, the function lastperiods(x,[Axis.X]) should return the current node and the x - 1 previous nodes. However, it returns the current node and the x previous nodes. ----------------------------------------RESOLUTION-------------... Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:56 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional, lastperiods

• Spotfire.ApplicationStarter.exe - Unable To Locate DLL - mscoree.dll

  After installing Spotfire DXP on a client machine the following error occurs when trying to start the client: Error: Spotfire.ApplicationStarter.exe - Unable To Locate DLL The dynamic link library mscoree.dll could not be found in the specified path ... Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:54 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional, error

• TIBCO Spotfire hangs when loading embedded data on machines with .NET 3.5 SP1 installed "After installing Service Pack 1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, you are unable to open analysis files with embedded dat

  After installing Service Pack 1 for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, you are unable to open analysis files with embedded data in TIBCO Spotfire. On 32-bit systems the application hangs during the loading of the analysis file, on 64-bit systems you experience... Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:51 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire Professional, .NET 3.5 SP 1, TIBCO Spotfire hangs, version 2.1

• How do I create a details visualization?

  Below are the steps to create a details visualization: 1. Create a visualization that you want to use to control the details visualization. Comment: This should be the visualization in which you want to be able to mark items and retrieve details about... Posted Sep 22 2009, 09:41 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: details visualization, TIBCO Spotfire Professional