The Add-ons and Demos browsers

From the Files and data flyout you have easy access to add-ons and demos on the Spotfire Community. You can add visualizations and actions to your analysis, or open demo analyses, and save any of them locally or in the library.

Before you begin

To open, add, or save add-ons or demos from the community via the Files and data flyout, you must have a Spotfire Community account. Go to https://spotfi.re/community to register for a free account.
The Add-ons browser is available if you have the Add-ons browser license feature. To download and configure add-ons classified as Industry Pro add-ons, you must also have the Spotfire Industry Pro license, and the Configure Industry Pro add-ons license feature. Industry Pro add-ons are supported by Spotfire and labeled in the browser.
An administrator can use the preference Show community add-ons to specify whether add-ons that are not supported by Spotfire should also be available alongside the supported ones in the Add-ons browser.
An administrator can use the preference Show demos, available under Application preferences, to specify whether the Demos browser should be available in the Files and data flyout.
To access add-ons and demos in the web client, an administrator must register the Spotfire Server as a Spotfire Community client. See Configuring Spotfire Web Clients for OAuth2 with Spotfire Community in the Spotfire® Server and Environment - Installation and Administration guide for more information.

Signing in to the Spotfire Community

About this task

If a banner is shown in the upper part of the browser, it means you are not yet signed in to the community.

You can sign in by clicking Sign in on the banner. Or simply start to open, add, or save an item and you will be asked to sign in.

Note: When signing in to the Spotfire Community via the Add-ons browser or the Demos browser, your Spotfire Community user ID will be stored by Spotfire.

Signing out from the Spotfire Community

About this task

In the installed client, you will stay signed in until you close the application.

In the web client, sign out by following the steps below:

Procedure

Open the User menu and select My account.
On the My account page, go to the Manage logins tab.
In the External logins section, locate the Spotfire Community login, and click Log out.
You must also log out from the web client for the changes to take effect, because access tokens are cached in the web client session.

Adding and saving add-ons

You can add a visualization or an action to your analysis to use it right away, or save it for later, either locally or in the library.

Before you begin

Make sure data is loaded into the analysis.

Procedure

Open the Files and data flyout and go to Add-ons.
Optionally, select the Visualizations tab or the Actions tab, depending on what kind of add-on you want to use.
Locate the add-on, and open the menu to the right on the item . Optionally, add filters at the top of the flyout to limit the number of add-ons shown.

Tip: Click the Learn more button to read more about the add-on, and to find its user guide on the community.
Select Add to page/Add to analysis, Save as library item, or Save as local file, depending on whether you want to use the add-on right away or save it for later.
If you chose to save the add-on, follow the steps and select a location to save it in. If you chose Add to page for a visualization, the visualization is added to the active page and you can start working with the visualization directly. If you chose Add to analysis for an action, the Actions flyout opens and the action you selected is added to the flyout. To learn more, see Running actions from the Actions flyout or the library.

Opening and saving demos

You can open a demo analysis and start exploring it right away, or save it for later, either locally or in the library.

Procedure

Open the Files and data flyout and go to Demos.
Locate the demo you want to try, and open the menu to the right on the item . Optionally, add filters at the top of the flyout to limit the number of demos shown.

Tip: Click the Learn more button to read more about the demo on the community.
Select Open, Save as library item, or Save as local file.
If you chose to save the demo, follow the steps and select a location to save it in. If you chose Open, the selected demo will open, and you can explore it right away. You can also save the demo as a new analysis later on.