JavaScript in Text Area
To customize parts of the application that cannot be done using sanitized HTML in the Spotfire text area, you can add snippets of JavaScript.
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Members of the Script Author group mark scripts as trusted for execution by others. |
| Execution context | JavaScript runs in a web browser that does not have direct access to the operating system API. It can use a subset of the functions provided by the Spotfire application for the user who is currently logged in. If a user opens a file containing trusted JavaScript on the Spotfire Web Player, then the script can access anything the user has permission to access in the domain running the Spotfire Server (according to a security policy in browsers referred to as same origin policy). For this reason, only trusted users should be members of the Script Author group. |