5.5 Map Chart


In TIBCO Spotfire 6.0, a new version of the map chart was created to allow for web map backgrounds. The old version of the map chart will be removed in the future, so it is recommended to switch map charts of the old type to the new map chart version. See What is a Map Chart? for information about the new maps.

Analysis files containing map charts created before version 6.0 will keep the old 5.5 version of the map chart when opened in 6.0. It is described below how to convert an old map chart  to the new map chart type.

Note: When switching to the new map chart, some of the basic functionality is converted automatically. This can be used as a starting point even if you in most cases need to manually go through the settings for the new map chart layers and make sure that all of your desired settings are specified.

  1. Open your analysis in TIBCO Spotfire 6.0 (or later versions).

  2. Right-click the map chart and select Switch Visualization To > Map Chart.

    Response: The map chart is converted to a basic version of the new type of map chart. A map with markers or pies will be converted to a map chart with a feature layer showing the shapes and a marker layer for the markers. A map showing a background image with markers or pies will be converted to a map with an image layer and a marker layer. A map with interactive shapes will get a feature layer. You can use the converted map chart as a starting point, even if you may need to fix the geocoding and/or relations between data tables, or perhaps add additional feature layers to get a similar result to the one you have had earlier.