# Spotfire Integration with Statistica

TIBCO Spotfire® can call external analytic engines through data functions. Statistica uses this capability to give Spotfire users a way to drive their dashboards using Statistica analytic models and workspaces.

TIBCO Statistica™ analytic engine is available as a Spotfire extension to allow seamless native distribution of the engine.

The Spotfire extension also supports the use of an installed Statistica Desktop instance.
Note: The installed Statistica version must include the Statistica Engine that is available in 13.5 or later.

## Spotfire Integration Application and Uses

Spotfire Integration runs Statistica tasks in the form of workspaces. Workspaces are visual no-code expressions of advanced analytic models used for subsequent deployment into automated scenarios for data processing and decision making.

Workspaces authored in Statistica can be exposed in Spotfire as Statistica data functions. Data functions are reusable, named operators with input and output parameters.

Statistica data functions can be registered through Statistica Integration dialog box.

When you pick a Statistica workspace, Spotfire extension creates a data function in Spotfire. You can then configure the data function inputs and outputs to Spotfire DXP content.

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