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TIBCO Spotfire® 11.2 adds a number of highly requested features such as excluding all and none from filters, coloring cross table cells by other columns and the ability to add a default visualization when loading data. Map chart users will benefit from updated and richer worldwide map data and new data sources are also available with support for GeoJSON files, Brytlyt GPU databases, and SingleStore databases.
This release also provides an enriched documentation for mod developers, and administrators may find support for Windows Server 2019 with Citrix and Remote Desktop Services valuable.
Data Access
GeoJSON files
Spotfire now supports connecting to GeoJSON files, making it easier to add custom geospatial data into your analysis.
GeoJSON is an open standard format that is designed to represent simple geographical features along with their non-spatial attributes.
Brytlyt GPU database
The Spotfire Connector for PostgreSQL now supports the GPU accelerated database Brytlyt.
Brytlyt, in combination with Spotfire, provides blazingly fast query response times for ad-hoc, interactive push-down queries, providing a snappy user experience without the need to import data into the in-memory data engine of Spotfire. By keeping potentially enormous amounts of, for example, transactional or routing data, in GPU data tables, you can query and gain insights from these with a few clicks in Spotfire, just by using the built-in, self-service connector for PostgreSQL. Smaller data sets, like dimensions or master data, can be stored in cost-efficient PostgreSQL Brytlyt data tables. These are automatically joined with GPU data tables on the fly, when required by the Spotfire connector.
Brytlyt is also supported on TIBCO Cloud Spotfire. The full list of data sources supported in the web clients TIBCO Cloud Spotfire Business Author and Consumer is available here.
For more information, please visit the Brytlyt web page.
SingleStore on TIBCO Cloud Spotfire
The Spotfire Connector for MySQL now supports SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) on TIBCO Cloud Spotfire and TIBCO Spotfire Cloud Enterprise.
The full list of data sources supported in the web clients TIBCO Cloud Spotfire Business Author and Consumer is available here.
For more information, please visit the SingleStore web page.
Visual Analytics
Remove all and none options from filters
You can now remove the (All) and/or (None) options from the item-, list box-, and radio button filters. This can be useful, for example, when creating reports where you want the data to always be filtered. By default, (All) and (None) are included in item and radio button filters. In list box filters, (All) is included by default.
Display default visualization when loading data
You can now select a default visualization type that will be displayed when adding data to Spotfire. For example, you can display a table visualization to view the imported data. This feature was available in Spotfire 7.14 and earlier versions, and is now reintroduced.
An administrator can specify different default visualizations for different user groups.
Updated worldwide map data
All the available default map types in the map layers have been updated with fresh geographical data to provide a richer, more detailed, mapping experience.
Note that all map charts using any of the default map types will be updated regardless of the Spotfire version.
Color cross table cells by other columns
In cross tables, you can now color table cells using another column or custom expression than the expression used for calculating the actual values that are displayed.
As an example, this makes it possible to color a cell according to whether its value is higher or lower than another cell's value.
Administration
Windows Server 2019 with Citrix for Spotfire Analyst & Desktop
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is now supported with Citrix for Spotfire Analyst and Spotfire Desktop.
Added support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LSTR. Note that "Citrix Virtual Apps" is the new product name for the former Citrix "XenApp" series (https://www.citrix.com/products/citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops/feature-matrix.html).
Removed support for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and 6.0. Note that Citrix XenApp 6.5 and 6.0 entered EOL on 2016-08-24, and End of Extended Support on 2020-01-14 (https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122442).
Windows Server 2019 with Remote Desktop Services for Spotfire Analyst & Desktop
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 is now supported with Remote Desktop Services for Spotfire Analyst and Spotfire Desktop.
Removed support for Remote Desktop Services with Windows Server 2008 R2. Note that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 entered End of support on 2020-01-14 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2008-r2).
APIs and SDK
Mods developer documentation
To make it even easier to develop mods, we have now enriched the Mods Developer Documentation with more detailed information on how to use the Mod API and other aspects related to Mod development.
Check out the new API Overview page that gives an interactive graphic overview of the complete API, including all classes and the relationships between them. A flyout panel gives you a preview of selected items and you can easily toggle between the AI Overview and the standard API Documentation for more details on methods and properties.
In the Mod reader article you will learn how to work with readers, a central part of all mod development that let you consume data and other values from the API and to register callbacks and subscribe to changes.
We are continuously adding more source code examples to the Mods GitHub repository. The latest addition is a spider chart developed in TypeScript, rendered with D3, and bundled with webpack.
If you are new to mod development, we recommend that you start with the Getting started guide.
API to remove all and none from filters
The new capability to remove (All) and/or (None) options on the item-, list box- and radio button filters is also accompanied with an addition to the C# API that allows you to automate this functionality in IronPython scripts and C# extensions.
API to color cross table cells by other columns
The new capability to color cross table cells by values and custom expressions of other columns is also accompanied with an addition to the C# API that allows you to automate this functionality in IronPython scripts and C# extensions.
Data Science
Updated required version of Python interpreter
The version of the Python interpreter required to run data functions in this version of Spotfire has been updated to 3.7.
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