Information Services is a server-side method for accessing data from JDBC-compliant data sources. The connection to the external data source is done by the Spotfire Server on behalf of the Spotfire client.

The prerequisite for using Information Services to access data is that you install and configure the corresponding JDBC drivers and data source templates for your data source on your Spotfire Server.

Once these preparations are set up on the Spotfire Server, you use the Information Designer tool in your Spotfire Analyst client to create information links for accessing data from your JDBC-compliant data source.