Spotfire® System Requirements

Spotfire Web Player 7.8

This page lists system requirements for TIBCO Spotfire® Web Player version 7.8.

Note: For information about the requirements for using the Spotfire web clients Business Author & Consumer on a client computer, see:

System requirements for TIBCO Spotfire® Business Author & Consumer

System requirements for TIBCO Spotfire® Web Player version 7.8

Hardware
Processor
  • Minimum: 2 cores (Intel Core i3 or equivalent), 2 GHz, 64-bit
  • Recommended: 6 cores or more (Intel Xeon E5 or equivalent), 2 GHz or higher, 64-bit
RAM
  • Minimum: 16 GB
  • Recommended: 16 to ~50 GB per instance. If more than 50 GB RAM is available per instance, it is generally more beneficial to add an additional instance.
The minimum amount of RAM is only suitable for basic test systems, or systems with very few simultaneous users. Production servers with large analyses and/or many simultaneous users will require significantly more RAM. Contact TIBCO for further assistance with this.
Hard disk space
  • Minimum: 10 GB
  • Recommended: Having the same amount of disk space available as the RAM.
Note: The Web Player service will use the hard disk for temp files, paging and caching (Scheduled Updates caching and SBDF caching).
Software
Operating system

The following operating systems are supported:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or higher
Note: Only 64-bit versions of the operating systems are supported.
Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5.x (4.5.2 and higher), 4.6.x.
Note: On Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (all variants), Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 must be enabled as well.
Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.x works side by side with older Framework (3.5 and earlier) versions, but performs an in-place update for .NET Framework 4.
Note: Microsoft .NET Framework requires Administrator rights to complete installation.
TIBCO Spotfire software Connection to a TIBCO Spotfire Server 7.8.x, with a TIBCO Spotfire 7.8.x deployment.
Note: It is recommended to run the TIBCO Spotfire® Web Player service on a dedicated system (physical or virtual) - not shared with a TIBCO Spotfire® Server or other applications.
Installation permissions TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Service 7.8.x must be installed under a Windows user account with full administrative privileges.
Microsoft Office (Optional)

The following versions of Microsoft Office are supported for Office-dependent functionality:

  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Microsoft Office 2016, 32-bit and 64-bit versions
  • Microsoft Office 2013, 32-bit and 64-bit versions
  • Microsoft Office 2010, 32-bit and 64-bit versions
Note: Microsoft Office must be installed to use Spotfire Web Player functionality that integrates with Office products, such as importing data from Microsoft Access or importing data from older Excel file version. An alternative to installing Microsoft Office is to only install the drivers: Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components

(also referred to as "Microsoft Access Database Engine").

Connectors (Optional)

If you are using Spotfire Connectors to access data in external systems, note that additional system requirements might apply, including that a data source driver for the connector typically must be installed.

For detailed information and system requirements for all connectors included in Spotfire 7.8.x, see System Requirements for TIBCO Spotfire® Connectors.