Connectors
Spotfire uses connectors to enable end users to connect to and analyze data from a variety of data sources. This section describes how to configure the connectors for use in Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire® Business Author, TIBCO Spotfire® Consumer, and TIBCO Spotfire® Automation Services.
For a list of the available data sources and how they map to the connectors, see the Spotfire Analyst User's Guide.
- Setting up connectors
Before you can use a data source connector on a Spotfire client, the connector must be installed on the server and the data source driver must be installed on the client computer. - Configuring connectors for use with web clients and Spotfire Automation Services
If connectors should be available for users of Spotfire web clients, or in Spotfire Automation Services, some configuration on the Spotfire Server is necessary. - Access to the connectors
After you configure the connectors, you must specify access rights to make the connectors available for users of any Spotfire client. - Installing Oracle Essbase Client on client computers
To use the Oracle Essbase connector, you must also install Oracle Essbase Client on each computer that will run the connector. - Configuring the Google Analytics and Google BigQuery connectors
To be able to use the Google Analytics and Google BigQuery connectors in Spotfire web clients, you must add OAuth credentials from your Google Cloud Platform project to the web player service configuration. - Configuring the Salesforce connector
To be able to use the authentication method Log in with Salesforce with the Salesforce connector in your Spotfire web clients, you must add OAuth credentials from a connected app in your Salesforce instance to the web player service configuration. This is required if you want to use federated authentication. - Configuring the Microsoft SharePoint Online connector
To be able to use the Microsoft SharePoint Online connector in your Spotfire web clients, you must add theapplication (client) id
,client secret
, andtenant ID
(if you want to use single-tenant authentication) of a registered app in Microsoft Azure in the web player service configuration.
- Setting up connectors
Before you can use a data source connector on a Spotfire client, the connector must be installed on the server and the data source driver must be installed on the client computer. - Configuring connectors for use with web clients and Spotfire Automation Services
If connectors should be available for users of Spotfire web clients, or in Spotfire Automation Services, some configuration on the Spotfire Server is necessary. - Access to the connectors
After you configure the connectors, you must specify access rights to make the connectors available for users of any Spotfire client. - Installing Oracle Essbase Client on client computers
To use the Oracle Essbase connector, you must also install Oracle Essbase Client on each computer that will run the connector. - Configuring the Google Analytics and Google BigQuery connectors
To be able to use the Google Analytics and Google BigQuery connectors in Spotfire web clients, you must add OAuth credentials from your Google Cloud Platform project to the web player service configuration. - Configuring the Salesforce connector
To be able to use the authentication method Log in with Salesforce with the Salesforce connector in your Spotfire web clients, you must add OAuth credentials from a connected app in your Salesforce instance to the web player service configuration. This is required if you want to use federated authentication. - Configuring the Microsoft SharePoint Online connector
To be able to use the Microsoft SharePoint Online connector in your Spotfire web clients, you must add theapplication (client) id
,client secret
, andtenant ID
(if you want to use single-tenant authentication) of a registered app in Microsoft Azure in the web player service configuration.
Parent topic: Installation and configuration