Manage packages using Spotfire and TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R

Analysts and data scientists can download existing packages, or they can build and test their own packages. They can wrap them in a Spotfire SPK for distribution to analysts in their organization. Spotfire Server administrators can distribute the packages using Spotfire Server, and Spotfire web client users can view Spotfire analyses that use the packages.

Note: Because this documentation specifically addresses using TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R (TERR) in Spotfire, the instructions demonstrate using the TERR tools available from the Spotfire user interface. Experienced R or TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R programmers, or programmers using TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R from the stand-alone console can perform many of these tasks directly from the console. See the TIBCO® Enterprise Runtime for R Technical Guide and Language Reference for more information.

For the following tasks, Spotfire products each play a role in building, distributing, using, and maintaining packages in the Spotfire predictive analytics platform.

Package management tasks and tools
I want to...	Available tools
Discover the packages available in TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire and the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R stand-alone console.
Review the differences between TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R and open-source R.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire and the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R stand-alone console.
Review the packages on CRAN that have been tested with TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire and the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R stand-alone console.
Find and install a package from a repository, such as CRAN.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire and the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R stand-alone console.
Create an SPK so the package can be shared with other Spotfire analysts and data scientists in the organization.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire and the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R stand-alone console.
Remove a package from a Spotfire installation.	TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R for Spotfire
Change the version number for a package distributed to Spotfire analysts and data scientists.	Spotfire Server
Distribute a package to all Spotfire analysts and data scientists in your organization.	Spotfire Server
Distribute a package to a small group of Spotfire analysts and data scientists for testing.	Spotfire Server
Provide access to a package for Spotfire web client users who want to view data visualizations that rely on that package.	Spotfire Statistics Services