Packages deployed for a small group

The package curator can deploy packages to a small group, rather than to an entire organization.

Any Spotfire Server deployment area can contain only one SpotfireSPK.spk, and recreating the SPK and redeploying it overwrites the version that was previously deployed there. The package curator might not want to overwrite the broadly-distributed SPK. For example, the package curator might want to create a small, contained package or set of packages for testing. Luckily, the Spotfire Server can contain multiple deployment areas, and the SpotfireSPK.spk deployed there applies only to that area.

To deploy a package, or a set of packages in an SPK to a limited group, Ask the Spotfire Server administrator to create a new deployment area on the Spotfire Server and grant access to this deployment area to the designated group.

When the designated users open Spotfire and connect to the test deployment area, their installation is updated to the version of Spotfire with the package, and then they can use it with the local engine.

Note: Even when testing a new package, make sure to follow your organization’s rules to keep official package versions synchronized.