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TIBCO Spotfire ®

Professional

Release Notes

Software Release 5.5 May 2013


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TIBCO Spotfire® Professional Release Notes

Contents

Preface............................................................................................................................................. ii

Typographical Conventions ....................................................................................................... iii

Connecting with TIBCO Resources........................................................................................... iv

How to Join TIBCOmmunity .............................................................................................. iv

How to Access All TIBCO Documentation ...................................................................... iv

How to Contact TIBCO Spotfire Support ......................................................................... iv

Release Notes .................................................................................................................................. 1

New Features .............................................................................................................................. 2

Release 5.5 ........................................................................................................................... 2

Changes in Functionality ............................................................................................................ 4

Release 5.5 ........................................................................................................................... 4

Deprecated and Removed Features ............................................................................................. 5

Release 5.5 ........................................................................................................................... 5

Migration and Compatibility....................................................................................................... 6

Release 5.5 ........................................................................................................................... 6

Closed Issues ............................................................................................................................... 7

Known Issues .............................................................................................................................. 8


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Preface

Topics

Typographical Conventions, page iii

Connecting w ith TIBCO Resources, page iv


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Typographical Conventions

The following t ypograp hical conventions are u sed in th is manu al.

General Typographical Convent ions

Convention Use

code font Code font identifies commands, code examples, filenames, pathnames,and ou tput d isplayed in a command window. For example:

Use MyCommand to start th e foo process.

bold code

font

Bold code font is used in th e following w ays:

In procedur es, to indicate wh at a u ser types. For example: Typeadmin.

In large code samp les, to ind icate the par ts of the samp le that is of par ticu lar interest.

In command syntax, to indicate the default param eter for acommand. For example, if no parameter is specified, MyCommand is

enabled:MyCommand [ enable | disable]

italic font Italic font is used in t he following w ays:

To indicate a d ocument title. For example: See Concepts.

To introd uce new term s For examp le: A port al page may containseveral port lets. Portlets are mini-applications that ru n in a por ta l.

To ind icate a variable in a comm and or code syntax that you m ustrep lace. For examp le: MyCommand PathName

Key combinations Key nam e separated by a plus sign ind icate keys pressedsimultaneously. For example: Ctrl+C.

Key nam es separated by a comm a and space indicate keys pressed oneafter the oth er. For examp le: Esc , Ctrl+Q.

The note icon indicates informat ion that is of special interest orimportan ce, for examp le, an add itional action required only in certaincircumstances.

The tip icon ind icates an id ea that could be u seful, for examp le, a wayto app ly the inform ation provided in the current section to achieve aspecific r esult.

The warning icon ind icates the potential for a dam aging situation, forexample, data loss or corru ption if certain steps are taken or not taken.


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Connecting with TIBCO Resources

How to Join TIBCOmmunity

TIBCOmmunity is an online destination for TIBCO customers, partners, and

resident experts, a p lace to share and access the collective experience of theTIBCO comm un ity. TIBCOm mu nity offers forum s, blogs, and a ccess to a varietyof resources. To register, go to http:/ / www .tibcommunity.com.

How to Access All TIBCO Documentation

After you join TIBCOm mu nity, you can access the docum entation for allsupp orted prod uct versions here:

https:/ / docs.tibco.com

How to Contact TIBCO Spotfire Support

For comm ents or pr oblems with this m anual or th e software it ad dresses, pleasecontact TIBCO Spotfire Sup por t as follows.

For an overview of TIBCO Supp ort, and inform ation about getting startedwith TIBCO Sup por t, visit this site:

http:/ / www .tibco.com/ services/ support

If you already have a valid m aintenance or supp ort contract, visit this site:

https:/ / support.tibco.com

Entry to this site requires a usernam e and p assword. If you d o not have ausername, you can request one.

http://www.tibcommunity.com/http://www.tibcommunity.com/http://www.tibcommunity.com/https://docs.tibco.com/http://www.tibco.com/services/supporthttps://support.tibco.com/https://support.tibco.com/http://www.tibco.com/services/supporthttps://docs.tibco.com/http://www.tibcommunity.com/


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Release Notes

Check the TIBCO Prod uct Supp ort web site at https:/ / support.tibco.com for prod uct information th at was not availab le a t r elease time. En try to this siterequires a username and p assword. If you do n ot have a usernam e, you canrequest one. You m ust hav e a valid maintenance or sup port contract to use thissite.

See the TIBCO Spotfire® System Requ iremen ts web p age for a detaileddescription of the system r equiremen ts for TIBCO Spotfire®.

Topics

New Featu res, see p age 2

Chan ges in Fun ctionality, see page 4

Deprecated and Removed Features, see page 5

Migration an d Comp atibility, see page 6

Closed Issues, see page 7

Known Issues, see page 8

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New Features

This section lists features add ed since the last release of this pr odu ct.

Release 5.5

The following a re new features in this release.

Multiple Data Tables in one Visualization

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 offers a flexible and dy nam ic way to combine d atafrom mu ltiple d ata tables in the same v isualization. Data may be atdifferent aggregation levels and filtering may be ap plied on the datatables separately.

Subset Comparison

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 has th e ability to disp lay different su bsets of data at

the same time in one visualization. For example, showing both u nfiltereddata and filtered data, to compare how they relate to each other .

Show/Hide Items in a Visualization

With TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 it is now possible to d efine a set of filteringrules, such as the top five or bottom five performers, to show or hidecertain p arts of an individu al visualization.

Calculations on Aggregated Data

With TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 it is now possible to use cu stom exp ressionson aggregated data from an y data source, includ ing both in-memory andin-db d ata sources. Some common calculations, like year over year,moving average or cum ulative sum, are accessible directly from the

column selector, which also includes an in-line custom expression editor. Syntax Highlighting in Expressions and Scripts

The built-in editor for custom expressions and scripts is in TIBCOSpotfire® 5.5 enha nced w ith syntax high lighting th at ma kes it easier tocreate and maintain expressions and scripts. The expression ed itorsupp orts context sensitive autocomplete fun ctionality.

Dynamic Page and Visualization Titles

With Spotfire® 5.5, title texts in visu alizations and pag es are nowdynam ic in the sense that they can be configured so that p arts of the textare showing values that are upd ated somewh ere else in the documen t.

Transparency of Visualization Items

With TIBCO Spotfire 5.5 it is now possible to control th e transp arency ofvisualization items, such as markers and lines, in several visualizationtypes.

Improved Display of Details Visualization

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 offers several op tions on h ow t o d isplay a d etailsvisualization when no d ata has been mar ked in the visualizations


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controlling the content of the details visualization. For examp le, a textmessage can be show n.

Improved Visual Effect for Marking

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 has a n ew visual effect for m arking in visu alizationsthat preserves the color for the m arked items, and fades the non -markeditems.

Improved Welcome Page

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 has a re -designed st art p age th at includ es someuseful shor tcuts like easy access to recently u sed files and search for filesin the library.

Support for Fiscal Years

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 sup por ts havin g a fiscal calend ar h ierarchy on anaxis, and to u se fiscal years, quarters and month s in custom expressions.

Data Connections

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 supp orts saving data connections and / or their d atasources in the library u sing the Manage Dat a Connections tool.

New Join Types

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 sup por ts two new join typ es, Left single match andRight single m atch, available in the “Insert Colum ns” d ialog.

New Node Navigation Methods

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 supp orts three new node n avigation m ethods w henworking w ith hierarchy expressions: NavigatePeriod, FirstNod e andLastNode.


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Changes in Functionality

This section lists chan ges in functionality since the last release of this prod uct.

Release 5.5

Data function incompatibility change

Di fferent data types are used when s ending Spotfire D ateTime / D ate / Time /TimeSpan columns to data functions running the TIBCO Enterprise Runtimefor R or R engines.

When Spotfire colum ns are sent to a data function u sing the TIBCO Enterp riseRuntime for R or R engines, the Spotfire data is converted to appropriate R datatypes. With this release, we have changed the types u sed wh en sending SpotfireDateTime/ Date/ Time/ TimeSpan column s to these engines, so that TIBCOEnterp rise Runtime for R or R receive the same d ata, as follows:

Spotfire Column

Type

Description

Spotfire DateTimeColumns

Received as a POSIXct object w ith t ime zo ne UTC.

Spotfire Date Colum ns Received as a POSIXct object with time zone UTC.

Spotfire Time Colum ns Received as a POSIXct object with time zone UTCgiving times on the date 1/ 1/ 1970. This is the R"epoch" d ay.

Spotfire TimeSpanColumns

Received as d ifftime ob jects with un its "secs".

The POSIXct objects are created with time zon e UTC because Spotfire dates andtimes have no associated time zone. Time zones can be manipu lated in the d atafunction if needed , althou gh it is often un necessary for time series analyses.

When PO SIXct values are exported back to Spotfire, they are converte d toDateTime colum ns: Thus, there is no w ay for a d ata function to outp ut SpotfireDate or Time columns.

Drag and drop of data file

Drag an d d rop a data file (.txt, .xls, .sbdf etc.) on the app lication w ind ow w illadd a new table to an existing analysis, instead of creating a new analysis wh ichwas the behavior in earlier versions.


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Deprecated and Removed Features

This section lists features that have been deprecated or removed since the lastrelease of this product.

Release 5.5

Deprecated Features

The following features are deprecated in this release:

After TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5, Microsoft Wind ows XP® w ill no longer besupported.

Removed Features

No features are removed in th is r elease .


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Migration and Compatibility

This section explains how to m igrate from a p reviou s release to this release.

Release 5.5

Installation

1. First install/ up grad e the TIBCO Spotfire® Server to ver sion 5.5.

2. Install TIBCO Spotfire® Professional 5.5

Note: If the TIBCO Spotfire® 3.1.0 Professional or older is installed, it isrecommended to uninstall it prior to installing the TIBCO Spotfire®Professional 5.5.

3. Finally, deploy t he TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 distribu tion on the TIBCO Spotfire®Server 5.5.

Upgrading from Previous Version without Installing

1. First install/ up grad e the TIBCO Spotfire® Server to ver sion 5.5.

2. Deploy the TIBCO Spotfire® 5.5 distribut ion on the TIBCO Spotfire® Server5.5.

3. Start the old version of TIBCO Spotfire® Professional, logon to th e TIBCOSpotfire® Server 5.5 and accept the u pd ate.

Installation Notes

If the .NET 4.0 framework is not installed, it will be dow nload ed an dinstalled w hen lau nching th e TIBCO Spotfire® Client installer.

If the pr odu ct localization is defined as a user grou p p reference, a clientrestart is requ ired after th e initial login to the server for the chan ges to befully app lied. N ote that clients are not informed that such a restart isrequired. It is also imp ortant th at the ap prop riate localization packages aredeployed to the TIBCO Spotfire® Server p rior to setting the u ser group pre ference.

Note that th e cor rect Lang uage p ack an d th e m atching server p refer encemu st be set on the very first server that th e user connects to. Changing thesettings on th e Server w ill not have an y effect. If the localization grou p pre ference d oes not have any effect, it can be enfor ced on clien ts usin g Tools> Options.


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Closed Issues

The table in this section lists issues that w ere closed in th e named release.

Closed InRelease

Key Summary

5.5 TS-24395 Hebr ew characters in head er/ footer are not correctly rend ered inexported PDF.

5.0 TS-26428 When using sets from Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services in a crosstable and enabling subtotals and grand totals, a configuration error w ill be d isp lay ed in th e visu aliza tion .

5.5 TS-26446 When usin g a dy nam ic nam ed set from Microsoft SQL Server AnalysisServices and setting u p a filtering operation th at affects the result of thedynam ic set, it will result in a broken visualization with th e errormessage, “The data column s from the external connection do notmatch.”

5.5 TS-26862 The nu mber of HTTP connections for the TIBCO Spotfire desktop clientis limited to th e max value used by the installed Internet Explorer,typically 4 connections. In some cases the p erform ance is imp roved ifmore connections are allowed.

5.5 TS-26947 When havin g du plicate attr ibute hierarchy values in a treem ap, performing a drilld ow n usin g one of the duplicate valu es w ill a lw aysuse the first of the du plicate values as defined by their uniqu e name sortorder .

5.5 TS-24704 Mu ltiple non -aggregated expressions cannot be used on a continu ousaxis.

5.5 TS-27041 Filter tab in the Export to PDF dialog shows u nique value instead of presen ta tion va lu e w hen usin g Microsoft SQL Server An alysis Serv icesin-db data.

5.5 TS-28323 Rules in combinat ion with Colum n Names affect the wr ong elements.


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Known Issues

The table in this section lists known issues in this release.

Key Summary/Workaround

TS-24612 Summary When setting a document p roperty value from an expression in a

property con trol in th e text area, it is n ot possible to select colu mns from an y d atatable.

Workaround Change the default data table in Data Table Properties.

TS-24593 Summary When u sing certain fonts in a cross table, the text can app ear slightlymisplaced w hen exporting to PDF.

Workaround Use stand ard fonts, for examp le Arial.

TS-24486 Summary Transparent lines are not rend ered correctly in Export to PDF w hen u singVector graphics mode.

Workaround Do not u se transparent lines if you intend to export the an alysis to PDF.

TS-24452 Summary The value bars in a bullet graph get a w hite border w hen exported toPDF.

Workaround None.

TS-24436 Summary When having m ultiple trellis panels, the Colors page in the VisualizationProp erties shows the colors for the first trellis panel. The other pan els may have adifferent color configuration bu t th at cannot be seen in the p roperty p age.

Workaround None.

TS-24512 Summary When exporting a m ap chart to PDF using vector graphics, the m ap is notrendered correctly.

Workaround Use raster graphics when exporting a m ap to PDF.

TS-24601 Summary Tiled m arkers in a scatter p lot have a line draw n d iagonally over themwhen exporting to PDF.

Workaround None.

TS-24535 Summary Bars d isapp ear (or become too thin to see) when export ing to PDF, if thereare many bars in a bar chart.

Workaround Use raster graph ics w hen exporting to PDF.

TS-24479 Summary Exporting a heat m ap w ith many row s to PDF with vector graphicsresults in an emp ty visualization.


TS-24502 Summary When exporting a table visualization w ith colum ns rend ered as links toPDF, the u nderline w ill become a strikethrou gh.


Summary It is not p ossible to connect to a server from a machine in ano ther N Tdom ain by using Run As w hen launching Spotfire.

Workaround None.

Summary Hard ware grap hics acceleration may not w ork on older grap hics cards orif the drivers are not up to date.

Workaround None.

Summary Certain graph ics cards and drivers lead to crashes, slow response times, bla nk visu aliza tion s, or missing shap es w hen ha rd ware acceler at ion is u sed . This is


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Key Summary/Workaroundknown to hap pen on Dell Dimension 9200 / NVidia 7900 Graphics driver: version7.15.11.5824 but m ay hap pen on other system configur ations as well.

Workaround Upgrad ing to th e latest graphics driver m ay resolve these issues. If not,hard ware acceleration can be turn ed off und er Tools > Op tions > App lication.

Summary The 3D Scatter Plot is not su pp orted in a Citrix environ men t since the plotrequires hard ware acceleration.

Workaround None.

Summary Filtering in the Data Relationships results table will prevent re-calculatingthe Data Relationships.

Workaround Reset filters and Data Relationships can be r e-calculated again .

TS-26085 Summary A categorical custom expression o n th e Color by axis for Microsoft SQLServer An alysis Services in-d b data r esults in a broken visu alization .

Workaround Use a continuous Color by expression instead.

TS-26511 Summary Synonym s do n ot show u p in th e list of available tables and v iews whenusing an Oracle in-db connection .

Workaround None.

TS-25069 Summary Colors are no t the sam e wh en op ening a file in TIBCO Spotfire 5.X as inTIBCO Spotfire 4.5 for a v isualization with categorical coloring by a binned column .

Workaround On th e color axis, set a custom exp ression for the binn ing instead of thecolum n n ame.

TS-23916 Summary Missing table error messages in Data Relationships.

Workaround None.

TS-26048 Summary Loading more than 2 billion row s may lead t o faulty behaviour (wrongnum ber of rows shown in the status bar or p ossible instabilities).

Workaround Redu ce the number of rows in the data table.

SNXT-3689 Summary Issues with Data Functions running the local TIBCO Enterprise Runtimefor R engine: Run ning library(sjdbc) throws error when loading required packageterrJava d ue t o no JAVA_HOME environment variable set.

Workaround TIBCO Enterp rise Run time for R does not in clude its own version ofthe Java Runtime. The terrJava package (and an y p ackages that d epend on it, suchas the sjdbc p ackage), requ ire a version of Java 1.6 or high er to be installed an davailable on the same m achine, and the JAVA_HOME environment variable needsto be configured to the path to the Java installation.

TS-29967 Summary Error message is shown in visualization for som e invalid expressions(with for example mismatched parenthesis) that w ere allowed in 5.0.

Workaround Correct the invalid expression and the visualization w ill work.

TS-29245 Summary No w arnings when workin g w ith cube colu mns w ith n on -u niqu e d istinct

values and combining that w ith another data table in a visualization.

Workaround None.

TS-30062 Summary Refreshing a schema definition in Spotfire based on external data doesnot provide a w arning if the table has been renam ed in the external system .

Workaround This issue exists for the Oracle and th e Teradata connector . Fix theanalysis by bringing u p the Data Tables in Connection dialog, remove t he table thathas been renam ed from the Data tables in connection list box, add the new tableand r ename that table to the original name.


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Key Summary/Workaround

TS-30097 Summary Using multip le unrelated attr ibute hierar chies from e.g., Microsoft SQLServer Analysis Services or SAP BW, on th e Y-axis on a Gr aph ical table results in avisualization error.

Workaround Op en the Cu stom Expression d ialog for the Y-axis and change th e

NEST method to CROSS. TS-30108 Summary When using in-db d ata it is not possible to limit d ata using comp arisons

that use aggregated values.

Workaround

None.

TS-28648 Summary Wh en exporting visualizations that are based on in-db d ata to PDF, filtersettings are not includ ed.

Workaround

None.

SSAS-6 Summary Markin g in a visualization that u ses data from Microsoft SQL ServerAnalysis Services and is configured with a “N ot in Marking”-subset will result in a broken visu alization.

Workaround

None.

TS-30202 Summary Poor performance for hierarchies with a large number of categories (>1000) whencalculating OVER expressions that combine the methods AllPrevious and NavigatePeriod.

Workaround Use a hierarchy with less categories.

TS-30210 Summary Non-informative error message in the cross table when using grand total forcolumns and the cell values expressions refer to either ‘CategoryIndex.Rows',‘CategoryIndex.Columns', the levels on the vertical axis (Rows.*), or the levels on thehorizontal axis (Columns.*). These cases are not supported and the error message should beimproved.

Workaround None.

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