Spotfire Version History

The first version of Spotfire built on research in Human Computer Interaction at the University of Maryland and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Text data import. Scatterplot visualization and dynamic queries.

Multiple plots, bar charts added, simple API, simple database access.

Plugin capabilities, Database import, Pie charts, HTML details on demand.

3D scatter plots, line charts, full text search, Excel import.

Embedded web window, Spotfire server, Scenarios, eSupport Subscription-based model, web centric s/w.

Profile chart, Trellis plots, import wizard, XML support, Internal customer Spotfire.net Servers Customized workspaces are sold as Professional Services offerings.

Heat maps, new installation, Improved Details-on-Demand.

Query library, Query builder, Map Interaction Services.

Information Services provides end users with the ability to access and pivot data from multiple databases simultaneously without having to know anything about installing database drivers, underlying data schemas, or SQL.

DecisionSite Posters was released and it allows analysts to share their analysis with others in an interactive web page written in pure Javascript and HTML. 

Analysis Builder gives experienced analyst a way to build guides that speeds up analysis tasks and captures best practices that enables more novice users to be more productive. 

DecisionSite MapConnect brings ESRI and Spotfire closer together, Column Relationships Tool automatically finds related columns.

DecisionSite Library for storing guides and analysis files.

Interactive Curve Fit

Spotfire is re-written from the ground up to combine the best of aggregated data visualization with detailed data exploration and filtering. 

Bookmarks, Boxplot, Data Relationships, Summary Table.

APIs, Multiple Datasets, Thresholds and Limit Lines, Web Player makes it possible to consume analysis and reports on the web in a pure interactive analysis environment. 

Web APIs, Configuration Blocks, Transformations, Fitting Models, Multiple Scales.

3D visualization, TIBCO Spotfire Network Analytics.

Treemap, Error Bars, Colored Maps, Periodic and Event Driven Updates, Domain Level Administration, Clustering and Failover.

Scripting, Property Controls, Conditional Coloring, Combination Chart, Hierarchical Clustering.

Oracle Clinicals, Export to PDF, Lists.

Bookmarks, Structures in Labels and Tooltips, Horizontal Barcharts, Proper Aggregation of Time Series Data, Scalability.

Graphical table with calculated values, conditional icons, sparklines and actions, Share to Tibbr, Embed dashboards in web pages.

Bullet graphs, Access and Analyze Hadoop/Hive with Spotfire Advanced Data Services, Leverage out of the box data functions for exploration and reduction, predictive modeling, time series modeling and scatter plot smoothing.

In-database analytics, 5-10x faster in-memory data handling, Advanced analytics with TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R.

30+ new in-database sources, management by exception using rule driven visualizations, faster time to insights with visual joins and quick calculations, Highlight details and trends in context with set comparisons marker transparency and out of the box maps. 

KPIs and Metrics, Event Analytics, Location Analytics , Enterprise Cloud, Web based authoring with TIBCO Spotfire® Business Author 6.0 (new).

WMS Map Layers, Drag and Drop Visualizations between analysis, Calling TERR Scripts from the Spotfire Expression Language....

Recommendations, Dark Color Scheme, Custom Style, Data Panel, Easy Category Grouping, Map Visualizations and Quick Configurations in Business Author.

New platform architecture, Annotations, Conversations, Multi-window analysis, Instant Data Profiling, Inline data cleansing, Access to data in Salesforce.com, Apache Spark. SAP Hana certification.

Waterfall Charts and Responsive KPI visualizations. Improve Cross Table Readability and Screen Space Usage. Visual Data source overview.

Sparklines and webauthoring of KPIs, Web authoring of multi-layer maps, TERR Aggregations, SAP BW Connection improvements, minimum height and width for each page.

Smart recommendations for adding rows, Federated Authentication:OpenID.

Edit Data Transformations and Replace Data.

Improved PDF Export with higher resolution and reflecting the visual styling of the analysis.

Long Term Support (LTS) release.

Export prepared report to pdf using Automation Services, Lock Visualization Area, Maximize/Restore Visualization.

Improved performance for external data, Edit joins in source view, Responsive page layout for mobile devices.

Cascading Filters for external data, New Salesforce connector.

Re-imagined User Experience, AI Driven Insights, Natural Language Query, Automagic Workflows and Streaming data visualizations. 

Improvements in visual analytics, data wrangling, data access, and developer capabilities.

Improvements in visual analytics, data wrangling, data access, and developer capabilities.

Long term supported release. Snowflake, MongoDB, and LiveApps connectivity. 

Google Big Query connectivity. 

Smarter recommendation logic.

Streaming analytics in web clients and Interactive AI with insights for marked data. 

Native support for Python data functions.

Customizable toolbar and smarter data loading.

Shared dual scales and data cleaning recommendations.

Long term supported release. Python data functions in Spotfire web clients and Automation Services, SharePoint Online Lists, Color styling for Tables and Cross Tables, Improvements in data access, data wrangling, visual analytics and performance.

Visualization mods and f(x) flyout.

TIBCO Spotfire 11.1

TIBCO Cloud Data Streams and TIBCO Cloud authentication support on TIBCO Cloud Spotfire, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R 6.0, Improvements in data access and data canvas.

Improvements in visual analytics, data access and developer capabilities.

Add existing data functions in TIBCO Spotfire Business Author, all data sources listed by name when adding data  and Mods API improvements.

Long term supported release. Visualization mods (introduced in 11.0), multi-layer trellis in map chart, parallel data loading.

Interactive tuning of data functions, Actionable notifications.

Seamless integration with TIBCO Data Virtualization and visual Data function overview.

New, faster and easier user interface for Administrators, and added support for seamless single sign-on with row level security for data sources with Information Services using OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication.

Refinements to the visual data science experience.

Spotfire Actions to trigger TCI Apps for integration with external business systems, Kubernetes management of all Spotfire services running on Linux, using governed, pretrained data science models as data functions through TIBCO Model Ops, library version history and horizontal legend.

Prebuilt and customizable icons for data functions to help users find the data function they need at a glance.

Ubuntu support and user experience enhancements for web authors, administrators and users.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux support. OAuth 2 & OpenID Connect authentication to TIBCO Data Virtualization. More data preparation capabilities for web authors.

Improvements to Actions and the web user interface for data preparation.

Library Favorites, Open Source R service, faster Python data functions.

Formatted Export to Excel, Flexible KPI charts, improved queue management for scheduled updates and improved integration with data sources using OAuth2/OIDC.

Engineering notation for numbers formatting, new visualization properties experience (in preview), support for IronPython 3.4, Google Cloud SQL Server supported as Spotfire Server DB.

Graphical editor for data relations in the Spotfire Data Canvas and Web based library permissions UI.