The package curator can deploy packages to a small group, rather than to an entire organization.

A Spotfire Server deployment area can contain multiple SPK files. However, when you update or add an SPK to the primary deployment area, then the packages in that SPK are distributed to all users connected to the deployment area on the server. The package curator might want to create a small, contained package or set of packages for testing. To distribute a set of packages to a specific set of users, you can place the SPK file on a separate Spotfire Server deployment area. Members of a group connected to that deployment area have the packages deployed only to their Spotfire Analyst installations.

To deploy a package, or a set of packages in an SPK to a limited group, Ask the Spotfire Server administrator to create a new deployment area on the Spotfire Server and grant access to this deployment area to the designated group.

When the designated users open Spotfire and connect to the test deployment area, their installation is updated to the version of Spotfire with the package, and then they can use it with the local engine.