Manage packages through roles

Working with packages in a deployment that includes Spotfire, Spotfire Server, and (optionally) Spotfire Statistics Services can add layers of complexity to management policies.

Keeping package versions synchronized between your development machines, your testing machines, and your servers is one of your most important package management concerns in an organization. You can reduce the risk of confusion and streamline your processes by defining roles in your organization for dealing with packages.

Keeping package versions synchronized across an organization is managed internally with assigned roles, rules, and responsibilities. Tools and methodologies are company-specific and beyond the scope of this technical documentation; however, we advise ensuring such processes and rules are in place to manage packages.

  • Developer role
    The developer is An R programmer or statistician who develops packages using TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R (TERR) or open-source R.
  • Curator role
    The curator maintains the standards and lists of officially-sanctioned packages. The curator keeps all of the package versions synchronized. The curator might be the same person who fills the developer role.
  • Administrator role
    The Spotfire administrator manages packages on the Spotfire Server and on Spotfire Statistics Services.
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