Spotfire licenses

Before we get started with loading data and doing some analysis, I'd just like to briefly cover the very important topic of Spotfire licenses. Spotfire licenses are not software licenses in the normal sense (where you have to buy a license in order to use the software). You can think of Spotfire licenses as permissions to perform certain functions in the application. Almost every function in Spotfire has an associated license. Licenses are assigned via user groups. Assigning licenses is an administrative function and, as such, will be controlled via your Spotfire administrator.

A TIBCO Cloud account will probably have the most licenses assigned to it, so you should be able to do most things with Cloud Analyst or the web (business) author.

However, if you struggle to follow along with the examples in this book—the options don't seem to be there, or you just can't even get started–it's possible that you don't have the required license(s) to perform the functions that are suggested. Please contact your Spotfire administrator to get this fixed.