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  • Updated on Feb 3, 2026
  • Published on Jan 22, 2025
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  • Claire Wallon
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Package content

The Spotfire Connector for Ideation package contains:

  • spotfire_packages_14.0 Folder for package compatible with Spotfire 14.0.X
    • Discngine.Ideation.spk: The Spotfire extension package
  • spotfire_packages_14.6 Folder for package compatible with Spotfire 14.6.X+
    • Discngine.Ideation.spk: The Spotfire extension package
  • PoweredBy.md: A file containing the list of third-party components used and their associated license

This package is available in the download center.

Prerequisites

A license key and a subscription to the Discngine Ideation application are required to use the Spotfire Connector for Ideation. Please contact us to get them.

  • Spotfire
    • Version from 14.0 LTS to 14.6 LTS with the latest HF (hotfix) available
    • Access to the Spotfire server web administration pages, remote access to the Spotfire server and access to the Analyst
    • We strongly recommend to configure HTTPS in order to secure the communication between clients and Spotfire Server as described in official documentation
  • Browsers
    • Google Chrome : version 119+
    • Edge : version 85+
    • Firefox : version 65+
  • Authorized Access to the Discngine Ideation Cloud Service

If you have other Discngine Connectors installed on your Spotfire server, please ensure to have the compatible versions with Spotfire Connector for Ideation:

  • Spotfire Connector for Pipeline Pilot: 6.1+
  • LiveDesign Connector for Spotfire: 4.1+

Change Spotfire configuration

This step is only required for Spotfire versions 14.5 and above, as the default referrer policy has been change to 'same-origin'. You will find more information in the official documentation.

  1. Open a shell with administrator rights ("run as administrator") from the Spotfire server (not the node manager if they are on different servers)

  2. Export the current config of Spotfire Server

    %SPOTFIRE_HOME%\tomcat\spotfire-bin> config export-config --force

    This will create a configuration.xml file under the spotfire-bin directory.

  3. As Ideation servers needs referrer header to identify the incoming server, you must activate the referrer tomcat policy for the Spotfire server to indicate to the browser to send the referrer when doing cross-site request from it. Execute following commands to activate the referrer policy and set the directive used to 'origin'.

    %SPOTFIRE_HOME%\tomcat\spotfire-bin> config set-config-prop -n security.referrer-policy.enabled -v true
%SPOTFIRE_HOME%\tomcat\spotfire-bin> config set-config-prop -n security.referrer-policy.directive -v origin

  4. Import the config with a message

    %SPOTFIRE_HOME%\tomcat\spotfire-bin>config import-config -c "Set Referrer-Policy to origin"

  5. Restart the Spotfire Server service to apply the changes.

Deploy packages

In this step you will deploy the SPK file we provide in the package on your Spotfire server. We strongly advise you to use either a test server or a test area. If you prefer to use a specific area, pay attention to the routing rules associated to the user/group who will test the Discngine Ideation Connector application in the Web Player. You can find further information in the official documentation.

  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 Ideation Connector extensions.
  4. Click on the "Add packages" button, then choose the .spk file into the Discngine Ideation Connector package.
  5. Click on "Validate area", then "Save area".

To use the Discngine Ideation Connector in the Web Player, make sure users have access to the deployment area in which you installed the Connector, and are correctly routed to the corresponding Web Player service.

Update services

Please follow instructions from the official documentation in order to update your Spotfire Web Player services.