TIBCO Spotfire FAQ

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• Running multiple TIBCO Spotfire S+ sessions

  To start multiple sessions of TIBCO Spotfire S+ running on the same machine, use the flag /MULTIPLEINSTANCES. This can be added to the Target: line of your S+ shortcut icon in Windows. Every time the modified shortcut is clicked, a new instance of S+... Posted Jun 10 2010, 07:59 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• Contrasts: Coding of Factors in TIBCO Spotfire S+

  Why does the output from a model with N-level factor variable return only N-1 coefficients? To demonstrate contrasts or the coding of factors in TIBCO Spotfire S+ consider the following S+ session in which an analysis of variance model is fit with the... Posted Jun 10 2010, 07:05 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• Command Line: How TIBCO Spotfire S+ deals with local and global variables.

  What is the scope of variables during function evaluation? - All variables created during function evaluation will be local variables which exist until the function completes and returns its output value. - When function A calls function B, a different... Posted Jun 08 2010, 08:40 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• TIBCO Spotfire S+ was running fine yesterday but today I am experiencing some strange behavior. What is the problem?

  The issue you encountered may be the result of a corrupt .Prefs or .Data directory. Below are a few indications of a corrupt .Prefs directory: * The background color of your graph is red. * You receive the error message: "There is an unrecognized... Posted Jan 28 2010, 02:26 PM by spotfiresupport with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• Installing PKGUTILS and CSAN packages in TIBCO Spotfire S+ without internet access

  If your machine does not have internet access (or if a firewall is preventing access) you can download the install files for the pkgutils package from a machine that has internet access by going to the following URL appropriate for your S+ version and... Posted Jan 27 2010, 06:55 PM by spotfiresupport with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• Problem adding S-PLUS plug-in to existing Eclipse installation.

  Unzipping the S-PLUS plugin .zip into a working Eclipse installation with other plugins (with the workspace selection dialog turned off) causes an exception on Eclipse startup. The result is an Eclipse instance without any valid S-PLUS views. Solution... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:23 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• How to remove unused levels from my factor variable in TIBCO Spotfire S+

  You can use the drop argument with the subset operator ( [] ) > g5 <- factor(LETTERS[1:5]) > g5 [1] A B C D E > g4 <- g5[1:4] > g4 # note levels are printed since they do not match the values [1] A B C D Levels: [1] "A" "B"... Posted Sep 22 2009, 05:22 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+

• S+ Install: Execute setup.exe NOT setup.msi for installation

  Users should always run setup.exe to install S-PLUS, not setup.msi. This is especially important for installations on Windows Vista. If the file extensions are hidden so you cannot distinguish between the two setup files, follow these instructions: 1... Posted Sep 22 2009, 10:21 PM by spotfiresupport with | with no comments Filed under: TIBCO Spotfire S+