in the upper
right corner.You can search for library items in the Files and data flyout, in the Library Administration tool, and in Information Designer. It is also possible to search for public library item types using the API.
When searching in the Files and data flyout you can also search external libraries, like the TIBCO Cloud Data Streams or the TIBCO Data Virtualization integration.
Note: Depending on where you are searching, you might get different search results, because only allowed types will be returned. For example, when searching in the Files and data flyout, only items that can be opened or pinned to a flyout, such as analyses, information links, data connections, data functions, or mods are shown, not any information model elements or data sources. In the Spotfire Server Library page, or when using the Library Administration tool, you can find all types of items.
Tip: When browsing in the Files
and data flyout, you can sort the content in the Spotfire library by Name,
Modified (date), and Type, by clicking in the upper
right corner.
Searching for a text string will by default look for matching text in the title and keywords of the items in the library. You can use wildcards and boolean operators to search for parts and combinations of words. For a listing of the basic search syntax, see Searching in Spotfire.
Library specific search:
Keyword |
Example |
Function |
title:<word in title> |
title:sales |
Locates library items with the specified word (or part of word) somewhere in the title. |
created_by: |
created_by:admin createdby:admin
created_by::admin |
Locates library items created by a certain user. In the first examples, all items modified by any users beginning with 'admin' will be found. In the last example, only items modified by the user 'admin' will be found. |
modified_by: |
modified_by:admin modifiedby:admin |
Locates library items modified by a certain user. |
item_type:<type> or type:<type> |
item_type:datasource type:datafunction type:visualization type::visualizationmod type:action item_type::actionmod type:*mod |
Locates items of a specific type. Note: Some of the listed types are only available when searching in the Library Administration tool, or in the Spotfire Server Library page. If you use TIBCO Cloud Spotfire, information model elements are not available.
The available types in the files and data flyout are: folder, dxp (= Spotfire analysis file), SBDF (= Spotfire Binary Data Format file), dataconnection, datafunction, action (= Spotfire action mod) and visualization (= Spotfire visualization mod). You can also use the type *mod to find all kinds of mods in one search.
If your company uses Information Services, you can also search for the following in certain views: query (=information link), datasource (=a data source in Information Services), and the Information Services elements column, filter, join, procedure.
In other views you can also search for connectiondatasource (= a data source for a data connection) and colorscheme. Tip: In the Files and data flyout, you can search for type:alldata to limit the results to only include data connections, connection data sources, information links, data functions, and SBDF files. |
item_id::<GUID> or id::<GUID> |
item_id::dac3cd8c-47ec-454a-a8f2-691c60ece052 |
Locates a specific library item based on its unique identifier. |
description |
description:sales
type:dxp description:*sales*
description::null |
Locates all items with the specified word in their description. Locates all analysis files containing the specified word in their description. Locates all items that are missing a description. Use wildcards (*) to locate items with the word anywhere in the description. |
keywords |
keywords:sales
type:dxp keywords:*sales* |
Locates all items containing the specified keyword. Locates all analysis files containing the specified keyword. Use wildcards (*) to locate items with the word anywhere in the keywords. |
connector: <connector name> (this keyword is only available when searching in the Data in analysis flyout) |
connector:sql connector:"Microsoft SQL Server" |
Locates all data connections or connection data sources from a certain connector. Use the adapter name or the full data connector name within quotes. |
spotfire.connector: <connector name> (this can be used for all library searches) |
spotfire.connector:google spotfire.connector:Spotfire.GoogleAnalyticsAdapter |
Locates all data connections or connection data sources from a certain connector, including those embedded in analyses. Use the adapter name or the beginning of the adapter name (the part after 'Spotfire.') to search. |
depends_on |
depends_on(item_id::538bcde4-7212-475f-a348-5bb41ba39c41)
depends_on(title:Sales) depends_on(type::connectiondatasource) |
Locates all items that depend on a specific element.
|
required_by |
required_by(item_id::6f6dc7e0-57bd-11d7-5ac0-0010ac110132)
required_by(title:MyAnalysis) required_by(type::dataconnection) |
Locates all items that are required by another item. If the GUID in the example to the left belongs to an information link, the search will find all columns, filters, etc. that are included in that information link. |
modified |
modified:"2 days ago" modified:"a week ago" modified:>"an hour ago" modified:today modified:<"this month"
modified::>created
modified:"2009-02-01T18:27:55CEST" |
It is possible to search for items that have been modified during a specified time span, relative to today. There are two different ways of describing relative dates and times: 1) State the number of time parts ago in a string surrounded by quotes. The available time parts are seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. For example, search for modified:<"6 months ago". The given number of time units will be subtracted from the current time in the search. 2) State the time period to look back at using either of the keywords; today, yesterday, "this week", "this month", "this year". Note that you need quotes around all keywords consisting of more than one word. In this type of search, the last part of the date or time is "reset" (the time gets set to zero, the day of the month gets set to 1 etc.). The start day of a week is dependent on your server locale. For a en-US locale the first day of the week would be Sunday. Modified, created and accessed can also be used in comparisons with each other. The modified::>created example locates all items that have been modified after their creation. Modified can also be used together with a timestamp of ISO 8601 format ("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz") to find items modified at a specific time. |
created |
created:>"this week" created:<"2 weeks ago"
created:>"2009-02-01T18:27:55CEST"
|
It is possible to search for items that have been created during a specified time span, relative to today. See details regarding the allowed time spans under "modified" above. Modified, created and accessed can be used in comparisons with each other. Created can also be used together with a timestamp of ISO 8601 format ("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz") to find items created at a certain time. |
accessed |
accessed:>"this month" accessed:<"2 weeks ago"
accessed:null
accessed:>"2009-02-01T18:27:55CEST" |
It is possible to search for items that have been accessed during a specified time span, relative to today. See details regarding the allowed time spans under "modified" above. Modified, created and accessed can be used in comparisons with each other. Accessed can also be used together with a timestamp of ISO 8601 format ("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz") to find items accessed at a certain time. The example accessed:null finds all items that have never been accessed. The last example finds all items that have been accessed after the first of February 2009. |
::> |
modified::>created |
Used to finds items strictly greater than the expression following the operator. For example, finds all items that have been modified after their creation. |
::< |
accessed::<modified |
Used to finds items strictly less than the expression following the operator. For example, finds all items that have been modified after they were last accessed. |
parent_id:: |
parent_id::538bcde4-7212-475f-a348-5bb41ba39c41 |
Locates all items located in the specified folder. |
format_version: |
format_version:null |
Locates all items of a specified format version. For example, all items which have no format version specified can be found. |
content_size: |
content_size:>10000 content_size:>500KB content_size:<2MB |
Locates all items of a specific byte size. In the first example, all items larger than 10000 bytes are found. If nothing else is specified, the number is interpreted as bytes, but you can specify content sizes in KB, MB or GB as well. |
version_name: |
version_name:final versionname:*certified*
|
Locates library items whose latest available version has a version name that starts with the specified word (or part of word). Use wildcards (*) to locate items with the word anywhere in the name. |
version_created_by: |
version_created_by:admin versioncreatedby:certificationuser
|
Locates library items where the latest available version was modified by a certain user. |
version_comment: |
version_comment:Draft versioncomment:*draft* |
Locates all items whose latest available version has a version description that starts with the specified word (or part of word). Use wildcards (*) to locate items with the word anywhere in the comment. |
Analysis files:
When searching for analysis files, there are a number of search parameters that may help you locating a specific group of analyses. If you want to locate analysis files only, add type:dxp to any search expression.
Keyword |
Example |
Function |
AllowWebPlayerResume: |
AllowWebPlayerResume:true |
If true, locates all analysis files that allow personalized views for all web client users. |
EmbedAllSourceData: |
EmbedAllSourceData:true |
If true, locates all analysis files that embed all the source data in at least one data table. ('Embedded in analysis' check box selected.) |
AllTablesEmbedded: |
AllTablesEmbedded:true |
If true, locates all analysis files that only have embedded data tables. |
Information Model elements:
If you want to locate information model elements of a specific type only, add type:column (or filter, join, procedure, query, folder or datasource) to the search expression.
Keyword |
Example |
Function |
description |
description:sales
type:query description:sales |
Locates all items containing the specified word in their description. Locates all information links containing the specified word in their description. |
column |
column:Sales
column::Sales |
Locates all items referring to a source column with the specified name. The source column could be referred to in the conditions or groupings of a column element, a filter condition, a join condition or the join condition of a procedure. |
table |
table:SalesandCost |
Locates all items referring to a source table or stored procedure with the specified name. This could be referred to in the conditions or groupings of a column element, a filter condition, the condition or target tables of a join or in the source procedure or join condition of a procedure. |
schema |
schema:dbo |
Locates all items referring to a source schema with the specified name. This could be referred to in the conditions or groupings of a column element, a filter condition, the condition or target tables of a join or in the source procedure or join condition of a procedure. |
catalog |
catalog:Sales |
Locates all elements referring to a source catalog with the specified name. This could be referred to in the conditions or groupings of a column element, a filter condition, the condition or target tables of a join or in the source procedure or join condition of a procedure. |
datatype |
datatype:integer |
Locates all columns of the specified data type (integer, real, string, date, time, datetime, clob or blob). |
parameter
|
parameter:MinSales parameter:* |
Locates information links using the specified parameter. |
<property_name>:
|
"my.prop":* |
Custom properties in any information model element are searchable using the same syntax. However, note that the property name must by quoted if it contains a '.' delimiter. |
Combinations of keywords:
You can combine many of the keywords described above to create more advanced search expressions. For example:
type:query depends_on(type:column salary) - searches for information links that contains a column with "salary" in its name.
type:query depends_on(column:salary) - searches for information links that contains an element that refers to a data source column with "salary" in its name.
required_by(type::query InformationLinkName) - shows the elements used by the information link with the name InformationLinkName.
(not (required_by(type:dxp))) and type:query - searches for information links that are not used by any analysis file in the library.
type:dxp depends_on(type:dataconnection title:Teradata) - searches for analyses that uses a data connection in the library with "Teradata" in its title.
format_version:5.5 OR format_version:5.0 OR format_version:4.5 - searches for old analyses that are saved in versions 5.5, 5.0 or 4.5 and should be re-saved in a newer version.
To search for items in the Files and data flyout:
On the authoring bar, click
Files and data 
.
Click in the search field at the top of the Files and data flyout, and start typing the name of the content that you want to search for.
As you type, all the files,
folders, and other content that match your search string will be listed.
Tip: To reset the Files and data flyout
to the normal view, click the X button
in the search field.
To search for items in the Library Administration tool:
In the Library Administration tool, navigate to the top folder of the structure you want to perform the search in. If you want to search the entire library, navigate to the library root.
Type the text you want to search for in the search field at the top right corner of the Library Administration tool.
Click on the Search button.
Response: The Library Administration tool will switch to a Search Result view. Note: Searching for data sources does not include searching for database entities like catalogs, schemas or tables. It is only the database instance itself that can be located via search.
The items matching your search criteria are shown in the list. To return to the normal folder view, click the Back to folder link.
To search for items in Information Designer:
Depending on where you are searching, you may get different search results. Information model elements, information links and data sources are shown when searching in Information Designer, not any analyses, etc.
In Information Designer, type the text you want to search for in the search field at the top of the Elements tree.
Click
on the search button with a magnifying glass, 
.
Response: The search results are displayed. Note: Searching for data sources does not include searching for database entities like catalogs, schemas or tables. It is only the database instance itself that can be located via search.
The items matching the search result are shown in the list. To return to the normal folder view, click the Clear Search... link.
To use search expressions in custom RSS feeds:
You can create a customized RSS feed showing the latest changes to the library items you are interested in by appending a library search expression to a URL.
Use the following syntax to create your own feed:
http://<server>/spotfire/library[/path/to/something/interesting]?rss[&search=<search_expression>]
The path and search parameters are optional. If you only specify http://myspotfireserver/spotfire/library?rss, the feed will return the 20 most recently modified files in the library. You can also add a max-results section if you want to limit the number of results shown, see example below.
Examples:
http://myspotfireserver/spotfire/library?rss&search=content_size:>500KB
http://myspotfireserver/spotfire/library?rss&search=created_by::admin
http://myspotfireserver/spotfire/library?rss&max-results=10&search=title:sales
To use search expressions in tibcospotfire links:
You can incorporate a search expression in a tibcospotfire link in order to directly populate the Open from Library dialog with some suitable analyses or information links. See Links to Analyses in the Library for more information about links. The links are a list of keys and value pairs. The key and value are separated using colon, :, and each key and value pair are also separated with colons:
tibcospotfire:<key1>:<value1>:<key2>:<value2>...<keyN>:<valueN>
The following keys and values are allowed:
Search: <search expression> with optional parameters.
OrderBy : Title | Modified | Created | Accessed | ContentSize | Description
MaxResult: <positive integer>
SortDirection: Ascending | Descending
The values should be encoded using the following pattern:
Value |
Encoded to: |
: |
\: |
" |
\' |
\ |
\\ |
Examples:
tibcospotfire:search:*:OrderBy:Modified:SortDirection:Descending:MaxResult:20
tibcospotfire:search:modified\:<\'3 days ago'\:OrderBy:Modified:SortDirection:Descending