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Package content

The Discngine Renderers for Spotfire package contains:

  • Discngine.Renderers.spk: The Analyst and Web Player extension for renderers

This package is available in the download center.

This package is directly provided with the Spotfire Connector for Pipeline Pilot since version 6.1.0 and the LiveDesign Connector for Spotfire since version 4.1.0 but this tools might not have the latest version of the Discngine Renderers.

Prerequisites

  • Licenses
    • License key is required to use the Discngine Renderers, please contact us to get it.
  • Spotfire
    • Version 12.0+ or 14.0+ (LTS)
    • Administrator group membership

Deploy packages

In this step you will deploy the SPK file we provide in the package on your Spotfire server.

  1. Log in as an administrator on the Spotfire server web portal
  2. Go to the Deployments & Packages area
  3. Select the deployment area on which you want to deploy the Discngine Renderers extension
  4. Click on the "Add packages" button, then choose the .spk file into the Discngine Renderers for Spotfire package
  5. Click on "Validate area", then "Save area"

Update Web Player services

Update the corresponding Web Player services to install the Web Player tool.

See Spotfire official documentation for more information.

Activate licenses

In Spotfire Analyst, go to Tools > Administration Manager, and open the Groups and Licenses tab.
Activate the following licenses for the user groups to which you want to grant access to the Discngine Renderers:

  • TIBCO Spotfire Extensions
    • Access to Extensions: ✓
    • Discngine Renderers: ✓

Set preferences

  1. Launch Spotfire Analyst client and log in to the Spotfire server (use an administrator account).
  2. Open the Tools > Administration Manager.
  3. Click on the "Preferences" tab.
  4. For each relevant group(s) defined on your Spotfire server, set the following preferences (see the official documentation to have details on the group administration).

The preferences for the Discngine Renderers are available under Discngine Renderers.

Configuration

Name Required Default Description
LicenseKey ✓ The license key provided by Discngine.
PeriodBeforeExpiration The number of days you want to be warned before the license expires.

Advanced

Name Required Default Description
Default Content Type Affinity Medium The affinity of the renderer for the associated content-types. The renderer with the highest affinity will be the one selected by default.