Spotfire 11.7 features a new, faster and easier user interface for Administrators and adds support for seamless single sign-on with row-level security for data sources with Information Services using OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication.
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Discovery
Configurable zoom interpolation for image layers in map charts
It is now possible to keep sharp edges when upscaling an image in a map chart, to avoid image blurring. This makes it possible to better inspect irregularities within pictures taken by image sensors, such as clusters of defective pixels.
The preference for this setting is available from the image layer properties. Administrators can change the default behavior in upscaled images at user groups level in the Administration Manager.
Sharing to Tibbr® is deprecated
Sharing to Tibbr® is deprecated and no longer supported.
Data
Visualize real-time data from TIBCO Cloud Data Streams from on-premises Spotfire installations
It is now possible to connect to TIBCO Cloud Data Streams from Spotfire on-premises installations.
With a simple point-and-click experience, users can visualize and analyze streaming data in Spotfire. This is the easiest way available on the market to get started with real-time visual analytics and enables full business user self-service for MQTT and Kafka data.
Seamless single sign-on to Information Services data sources
TIBCO Spotfire now supports seamless single sign-on access to data sources when connecting through Information Services.
This is enabled by using OpenID Connect (OIDC) to login into Spotfire combined with the latest release of Spotfire Information Services. Information Services is now able to pick up the access token retrieved on login and pass that on to the data source over JDBC.
The solution is highly configurable and can be used with any data source that supports token-based authentication, including (but not limited to) Snowflake, Google BigQuery, and TIBCO Data Virtualization (where tokens can also be passed through to the underlying data sources).
More secure and flexible user-centric data access with OAuth2
Configuring OAuth2 for Information Services data sources also enables authorized access to role-based data.
A user will only see the data he/she is allowed to. In other words, different users of the same Spotfire analysis will potentially see different data depending on their roles & privileges.
Improved performance for on demand data with data connectors
When using on-demand data tables, performance is improved for the following connectors since they now support tuples in SQL IN clauses:
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Amazon Redshift
- Apache Drill
- Apache Spark SQL
- Dremio
- Greenplum
- SAP HANA
- Vertica.
The use of tuples makes the queries smaller, which means that more items can be selected (marked in visualizations) before reaching the maximum query size.
Faster TERR data functions and SBDF export
Run-length encoding (RLE) compression is now used for faster TERR data function execution and faster export of SBDF files.
RLE is a form of lossless data compression. You will see the biggest improvements with images or texts were you have long runs of identical pixels or strings.
Administration
New and improved Spotfire Server web administration UI
We are revamping the Spotfire Admin UI. Among other changes, the most noticeable improvements are:
- Modern look & feel
- Easier navigation and better overview with new left collapsible menu
- Improved UI responsiveness
- Better table sorting
- Friendly table filtering with specialized filter pop-up menus
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Several UX improved workflows:
- Performing bulk actions on multiple items in tables
- Moving and duplicating items in the library
- Editing routing and scheduled update rules, automation job schedules, users and groups.
- Installing new services and instances on nodes
New collapsible & expandable side menu panel in Spotfire Admin UI (TS, SAWS, TSCE)
The side menu panel provides easier navigation and better overview.
The side menu can be collapsed and expanded to adapt better to different visualization settings.
The Spotfire Admin UI shows datetime information on the browser's time zone
The Spotfire Admin UI (Library, Automation Services, Schedule Updates) shows now time information on your browser's time zone.
Easier search with filter menu for Library items in Spotfire Admin UI
Now it is easier to filter Library items in the Spotfire Admin UI.
The new specialized filter widget provides common search fields and allowed values for easier filtering of items.
Easier search with filter menu for Rules in Spotfire Admin UI
Now it is easier to filter Rules in the Spotfire Admin UI.
The new specialized filter widget provides common search fields and allowed values for easier filtering of items.
Easier search with filter menu for Scheduled updates activity in Spotfire Admin UI
Now it is easier to filter Scheduled activities in the Spotfire Admin UI.
The new specialized filter widget provides common search fields and allowed values for easier filtering of items.
Easier search with filter menu for Automation Services Scheduled jobs in Admin UI
Now it is easier to filter Automation Services Scheduled jobs in the Spotfire Admin UI.
The new specialized filter widget provides common search fields and allowed values for easier filtering of items.
Easier search with filter menu for Automation Services Scheduled jobs activity in Admin UI
Now it is easier to filter Automation Services Scheduled jobs activity in the Spotfire Admin UI.
The new specialized filter widget provides common search fields and allowed values for easier filtering of items.
Data source names available from Server Diagnostics
Server Diagnostics now displays the names of the data sources created on a Spotfire server, to easier understand what data source the information belongs to.
Automatic Spotfire database creation
The scripts for Spotfire database schema setup (configuration and action log) support now using environment variables or user input.
This facilitates the automation of database creation from either common configuration management tools or scripting.
Note: If a required variable is not set in the environment, the user is prompted for input. This means that you can run the scripts in "interactive mode", which is useful as well for non-expert Spotfire administrators.
Delete library items by path
The new config tool command delete-library-items provides the ability to delete library items by specifying the path and type of items.
Note: You can delete multiple items and you can delete within a path using the recursive flag.
Listing imported root certificates for code trust
The new config tool command list-code-signing-root-certificates list all the code signing root certificates, both those issued and imported to the Spotfire Server.
Easier reverse-proxy configuration for Spotfire Server cluster
When Spotfire Server clusters with many nodes, you can provide the configure the Tomcat RemoteIpValve through a new Spotfire Server configuration option to apply to all the Spotfire servers.
Developer
New API for custom login pages for cobranding
The AngularJS-based API for custom login pages has been removed. A new API with the same capabilities is now provided as part of the Cobranding feature.
The API is written in plain JavaScript, not in AngularJS. This means that using the new API does not require knowledge about a specific front-end framework and it is not subject to framework-breaking changes.
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