Switching off library versioning

A new version of all files is by default kept each time a file is updated in the library. As an administrator, you have the option to switch off version history for your Spotfire environment. Use the command line configuration tool and set library.versioning.enabled to false to disable library versioning completely. You can also choose to exclude certain item types only.

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Note: With version history enabled, there is a risk that data that should have been removed remains in the library, in an older version of the analysis. For example, if a piece of sensitive data by mistake gets embedded into an analysis and later is removed, the old versions of the analysis that contain the sensitive data should also be deleted.

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Use the following command to switch off library versioning:

config set-config-prop --name="library.versioning.enabled" --value="false"

Use the following command to disable library versioning for specific types of items (the example uses sbdf files and mods):

config set-config-list-prop --name="library.versioning.disabled-types" --item-name="type" -Vspotfire.sbdf -Vspotfire.mod

Server configuration example

The following is an example of a server configuration where the library versioning is enabled, but Spotfire mods have been listed as disabled-types:

<configuration>
  <library>
    <versioning>
      <enabled>true</enabled>
      <disabled-types>
        <type>spotfire.mod</type>
      </disabled-types>
    </versioning>
    ...
  </library>
  ...
</configuration>

See Spotfire item types for a list of available types.