License feature reference
The following topics describe the features that are contained in each Spotfire license. When enabling licenses, individual features of the license can be enabled or disabled.
Related commands: list-licenses, show-licenses
At a high level, the mapping between user roles and licences is as
follows:
- An Analyst is anyone with one or more license features in the Analyst group switched on. Often, the Analyst also has most features under the Business Author, Consumer, Enterprise Player and Advanced Analytics groups switched on, see Spotfire Analyst license for details.
- A Business Author is anyone with one or more licenses in the Business Author group switched on and with all Analyst licenses switched off. Often, the Business Author also has most licenses under the Consumer and Enterprise Player groups, and some licenses under the Advanced Analytics group switched on, see Spotfire Business Author license for details.
- A Consumer is anyone with one or more license features in the Consumer or Enterprise Player group switched on and with all Business Author and Analyst features switched off, see Spotfire Consumer for details.
- Spotfire Administrator license
The Administrator license, along with membership in the Administrator group, provides full administrative control over all aspects of the Spotfire environment. This license also controls basic access to the Spotfire library. - Spotfire Advanced Analytics license
The Advanced Analytics license controls access to additional analytic features such as custom expressions, the box plot visualization, various statistical features, and advanced aggregation methods. Most users of Spotfire Analyst will need this license as well as the Spotfire Analyst license. - Spotfire Analyst license
The Spotfire Analyst license is the primary license for users running the full Spotfire client. - Spotfire Business Author license
The Business Author license contains the functionality for creating and editing analyses from the web client. (For technical reasons, some license features under this license might also be needed for administrative tasks in the web client.) - Spotfire Consumer license
The Consumer license provides access to Spotfire Consumer, which users require to open analyses in the web browser. - Spotfire Diagnostics license
The Diagnostics license provides access to the Application Profiler, which is used for gathering information about analysis files. - Spotfire Connectors license
The Connectors license provides permission to add connections to the listed products and services and, except where noted, to analyze data both in-database and in-memory. - Spotfire Enterprise Player license
The Enterprise Player license contains basic functionality needed by most user roles. It enables features such as saving files to disk or to the library, opening files from the library, opening linked data, and exporting to various formats. - Spotfire Extensions license
The Extensions license provides access to several tools that are available in Spotfire Analyst. It also enables users to author scripts and to use custom extensions. - Spotfire Information Modeler license
The Information Modeler license provides permissions to set up and edit data sources that are used by information links.
- Spotfire Administrator license
The Administrator license, along with membership in the Administrator group, provides full administrative control over all aspects of the Spotfire environment. This license also controls basic access to the Spotfire library. - Spotfire Advanced Analytics license
The Advanced Analytics license controls access to additional analytic features such as custom expressions, the box plot visualization, various statistical features, and advanced aggregation methods. Most users of Spotfire Analyst will need this license as well as the Spotfire Analyst license. - Spotfire Analyst license
The Spotfire Analyst license is the primary license for users running the full Spotfire client. - Spotfire Business Author license
The Business Author license contains the functionality for creating and editing analyses from the web client. (For technical reasons, some license features under this license might also be needed for administrative tasks in the web client.) - Spotfire Consumer license
The Consumer license provides access to Spotfire Consumer, which users require to open analyses in the web browser. - Spotfire Diagnostics license
The Diagnostics license provides access to the Application Profiler, which is used for gathering information about analysis files. - Spotfire Connectors license
The Connectors license provides permission to add connections to the listed products and services and, except where noted, to analyze data both in-database and in-memory. - Spotfire Enterprise Player license
The Enterprise Player license contains basic functionality needed by most user roles. It enables features such as saving files to disk or to the library, opening files from the library, opening linked data, and exporting to various formats. - Spotfire Extensions license
The Extensions license provides access to several tools that are available in Spotfire Analyst. It also enables users to author scripts and to use custom extensions. - Spotfire Information Modeler license
The Information Modeler license provides permissions to set up and edit data sources that are used by information links.
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