Alerting Framework for Spotfire®

Alerting based on Spotfire® Analyses is an area of discussion that occurs frequently in the community. The Spotfire® Alerting Framework is a toolkit for Spotfire®, that allows you to leverage your existing Spotfire® analyses to Register and Monitor alerts and distribute the results via email, or the Spotfire Library.

Latest Update

The Alerting Framework for Spotfire^® 1.0.0 is now available for download on the Spotfire Exchange.

Overview

Alerting based on Spotfire^® Analyses is an area of discussion that occurs frequently in the community. The Spotfire® Alerting Framework is an extension for Spotfire® that allows you to leverage your existing Spotfire® analyses to Register and Monitor alerts. It provides seamless integration with Automation Services via an Alerting Task. Following are a few features of the Alerting Framework:

Spotfire® Analyst and Web client GUI-configuration of alerts
Alerts triggered from a rules-based engine
Alert based on existing Spotfire® analyses
User-customized, personalized and targeted alerting
End-user subscription to alerts

The Alerting Framework is distributed and deployed by means of automated scripts that include installing necessary packages on the Spotfire® Server. The framework allows configuration of alerts from Spotfire® Analyst and Web client. Alerts are processed using an Alerting Task within Automation Services. This enables the extension to combine with existing Spotfire® Automation Services jobs pipeline including:

Alert Registration High-Level Design

Each Spotfire® file can have several alerts registered to it. Each alert in turn can contain several rules. The user can decide to trigger the alert based on whether all rules are matched (AND condition) or if any rules are matched (OR condition). The Rules are set up based on their triggering mechanism. If the conditions specified by the rule have been met (e.g. a threshold has been exceeded), the rule is said to be triggered and a notification will be sent if it is due.

Types of rules

Additional Features

Notifications

When the Alert condition(s) are met, a notification will be sent to the recipient(s) of the alert, if the alert is due. It is possible to specify the frequency of alert notifications using the tool. The notification can be an e-mail and/or any other notification method - the tool is extensible to meet other needs, such as SMS notification, calling a web service or similar.

Alert Subscriptions

Once an alert has been configured within the tool, it can then be subscribed to (or unsubscribed from) by any user permitted to do so. Configuring Subscriptions can be done in either Spotfire® Analyst or Spotfire® Web Player / Business Author.

Popular Use Cases

In Manufacturing and Process Control alert based on Control Limit violations

Note that here a TERR script determines whether the point passes (0) or fails (1) the rule, this then can be used to generate alerts.
In Fraud Detection send alerts for suspected intrusions, fraud and Anomalies
In Finance send Real-Time Alerts based on Stock Prices, % Returns and Market Risk
Other Examples include:
- In Clinical Trials alert based on Success rate
- In Retail and Customer Analytics send alerts for product affinity scores
- In In Operations and Logistics alert for anticipated delays and supply shortages
- In Internet of Things and Connected Vehicles trigger alerts for sensor failures

How To Download

The Alerting Framework for Spotfire^® 1.0.0 is now available for download on the Spotfire Exchange.

Help and Support

Please note that the Alerting Framework for Spotfire® is not supported through support.tibco.com. In the event of issues or to get help, please post questions in the Community Forums.

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