TIBCO Spotfire Analytics 2

Question 1

What is a Spotfire Analysis file (.dxp) and what does it contain?

Accepted Answer

A Spotfire project file containing data connections, data transformations, visualisations, filters, calculations, and dashboard layout — all saved in a single portable file

Answer

A .dxp file is the Spotfire analysis package — it stores data source connections, applied transformations, all visualisation pages, filters, calculated columns, document properties, and TERR/Python scripts.

Question 2

What is the role of TIBCO Spotfire Server's Library in an enterprise deployment?

Accepted Answer

A centralised repository where Spotfire analyses, data connections, templates, and Information Links are stored, versioned, and access-controlled for multi-user collaboration and publishing

Answer

The Spotfire Library is the server-side content repository. Analysts publish analyses to the Library so colleagues can access them via browser or Spotfire client, with folder-level access controls determining who can read, write, or delete content.

Question 3

What is Spotfire Streaming Analytics primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

Real-time continuous analytics on high-velocity streaming data (IoT sensors, financial tick data, log streams) with low-latency visual dashboards that update as events arrive

Answer

Spotfire Streaming Analytics (TIBCO StreamBase) provides CEP and streaming computation capabilities with Spotfire-quality live visualisation, targeting financial trading, IoT, and operational analytics use cases requiring sub-second latency.

Question 4

How does Spotfire's Guided Analytics feature help less experienced analysts?

Accepted Answer

Providing pre-built analytical flows, recommendations, and action controls that guide users through a structured analysis process without requiring SQL or scripting knowledge

Answer

Guided Analytics uses pre-configured action controls, document properties, and conditional visualisations to walk users through structured analytical decision trees, making sophisticated analysis accessible to business users without technical skills.

Question 5

What is TIBCO Spotfire's Data Canvas and how does it improve data preparation?

Accepted Answer

A visual data wrangling interface where analysts perform data transformation steps (joins, pivots, calculations, filtering) in a graphical pipeline that shows a preview at each step without writing code

Answer

The Data Canvas is Spotfire's visual data preparation environment — a graphical pipeline where analysts add, join, transform, and preview data in a step-by-step flow, making data wrangling self-service and auditable.

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TIBCO Spotfire Analytics 2