The Spotfire SPK

A Spotfire SPK is usually created and tested by developers to package and deploy third-party extensions to the Spotfire Server, which can then be distributed to Spotfire Professional users. This mechanism has previously been available to Spotfire Professional users.

Note: Even though they are both called “packages”, the Spotfire package (SPK) and the R package are different. The SPK is a means to deploy extensions to the Spotfire Server, which then distributes its contents to Spotfire users. We use the Spotfire SPK deployment mechanism to distribute R packages to Spotfire Professional Client users who want to use the R package functionality to write data functions used by Spotfire data visualizations.

TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R contains an R package with one function (buildSPK) that you can use to build an SPK that contains one or more R packages. See Creating the Spotfire SPK for detailed instructions.

The R packages bundled into an SPK are distributed to Spotfire Analyst users who want to write data functions and create analyses using data functions.

This documentation does not cover the Spotfire SPK in general, only those built using the SpotfireSPK package and containing R packages. For more information about the SPK in general, see the Spotfire SDK documentation.

  • Package workflow
    Using packages with the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R engine, Spotfire, and Spotfire Statistics Services is a two-part process.
  • Obtaining the SpotfireSPK toolset
    Using the SpotfireSPK package, you can generate a Spotfire SPK containing your R or TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R packages, and then automatically distribute them to Spotfire Analyst installations in your organization.
  • Creating the Spotfire SPK
    Practice building an SPK that contains only one package: the survival package downloaded from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).
  • Spotfire SPK versioning
    You create the file SpotfireSPK.spk containing the packages you want to distribute to others using the Spotfire Server. You might need to change or update the packages that you distribute, which requires changing the version of the Spotfire SPK.
  • Deploy the SPK to the Spotfire Server
    The file SpotfireSPK.spk created by buildSPK is deployed to the Spotfire Server the same way any SPK is deployed.
  • Packages deployed for a small group
    The package curator can deploy packages to a small group, rather than to an entire organization.
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