How to determine the client type (Analyst or Web player) the user is running in Spotfire® using IronPython scripting.

Introduction

It may be a requirement from a Script Control Button or a Custom Extension Tool to determine the type of client the user is running i.e. Analyst or Web Player. There is no direct API for this. However we may use the Application.GetType() method to fetch the type of the current instance.

Code sample

# Copyright © 2017. TIBCO Software Inc.  Licensed under TIBCO BSD-style license.

from Spotfire.Dxp.Framework.ApplicationModel import NotificationService

notify = Application.GetService[NotificationService]()
applicationType =Application.GetType().ToString()
notify.AddInformationNotification ("Application Type","",applicationType)

# It returns:
# Spotfire.Dxp.Application.RichAnalysisApplication for Analyst
# Spotfire.Dxp.Web.WebAnalysisApplication for Web Player

References

• API Reference: Spotfire Analyst
• API Reference: AnalysisApplication Class

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License