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Question 1

Which Spotfire Automation Services feature allows analyses to be automatically refreshed and distributed on a scheduled basis?

Accepted Answer

Jobs scheduled via Automation Services

Answer

Automation Services Jobs are workflow tasks that can be scheduled (e.g., nightly) to refresh data, export outputs, and email results automatically.

Question 2

In Spotfire, what is the effect of setting a column's data type to 'SingleReal' versus 'Real'?

Accepted Answer

SingleReal uses 32-bit floating point precision; Real uses 64-bit double precision

Answer

SingleReal is a 32-bit float (~7 decimal digits of precision), while Real is a 64-bit double (~15 decimal digits), affecting memory usage and numeric accuracy.

Question 3

When creating a Spotfire cross-table calculation, what happens if the relationship between two data tables is not defined?

Accepted Answer

The expression returns null/empty for all rows where no match exists

Answer

If no relationship is defined between tables, cross-table expressions cannot resolve matches and will return null for unmatched rows.

Question 4

Which IronPython method is used to retrieve the current active document in a Spotfire script?

Accepted Answer

Document

Answer

In Spotfire IronPython scripts, the 'Document' variable is automatically injected and refers to the current active document object.

Question 5

A Spotfire analyst wants to color a scatter plot by a column that has more than 20 distinct string values. Which color scheme type is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Categorical color scheme

Answer

A categorical color scheme assigns a unique color to each distinct string value, making it the correct choice for nominal/categorical data.

TIBCO - Spotfire Practice Test

TIBCO - Spotfire Practice Test

TIBCO X Certified Professional 4