# Helper packages included in the service

The following packages are included with the service to provide functionality for working with Spotfire.

Package | Description
--- | ---
SpotfireData | Contains functions for reading and writing sbdf files.
SpotfireUtils | Contains functions that users can call directly from a script.
SpotfireSPK | Contains a function for building and distributing Spotfire (SPK) packages. See The Spotfire Package (SPK)

For more information about the functions in these packages, load the package and read its help file.

Example
  1. On the computer running the node manager, open the R console.
  2. From the prompt, set the package path.

         .libPaths(c(.libPaths(), "<NM_HOME>/services/<path-to-spotfire-service-for-r>/library/<ver>"))

  3. Load the package.

         library(SpotfireData)

  4. Load the help.

         help(SpotfireData)