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TIBCO Spotfire® Server

Release Notes

Software Release 4.5.0 May 2012

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TIBCO Spotfire Server Release Notes

Contents

Preface................................................................................................................................................... ii

Typographical Conventions ............................................................................................................. iii

Connecting with TIBCO Resources................................................................................................. iv

How to Join TIBCOmmunity .................................................................................................... iv

How to Access All TIBCO Documentation ............................................................................ iv

How to Contact TIBCO Spotfire Support ............................................................................... iv

Release Notes ........................................................................................................................................ 2

New Features .................................................................................................................................... 3

Release 4.5.0 .............................................................................................................................. 3

Changes in Functionality .................................................................................................................. 5

Release 4.5.0 .............................................................................................................................. 5

Deprecated and Removed Features ................................................................................................... 6

Release 4.5.0 .............................................................................................................................. 6

Migration and Compatibility............................................................................................................. 7

Release 4.5.0 .............................................................................................................................. 7

Closed Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 8

Known Issues .................................................................................................................................... 9

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Preface

Topics

Typographical Conventions, page iii

Connecting with TIBCO Resources, page iv

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Typographical Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual.

General Typographical Conventions

Convention Use

code font Code font identifies commands, code examples, filenames, pathnames, and output d isplayed in a command window. For example:

Use MyCommand to start the foo process.

bold code

font

Bold code font is used in the following ways:

In procedures, to ind icate what a user types. For example: Type admin.

In large code samples, to ind icate the parts of the sample that is of particu lar interest.

In command syntax, to ind icate the default parameter for a command. For example, if no parameter is specified , MyCommand is enabled : MyCommand [ enable | disable]

italic font Italic font is used in the following ways:

To ind icate a document title. For example: See Concepts.

To introduce new terms For example: A portal page may contain several portlets. Portlets are mini-app lications that run in a portal.

To ind icate a variable in a command or code syntax that you must replace. For example: MyCommand PathName

Key combinations Key name separated by a p lus sign ind icate keys pressed simultaneously. For example: Ctrl+C.

Key names separated by a comma and space ind icate keys pressed one after the other. For example: Esc , Ctrl+Q.

The note icon ind icates information that is of sp ecial interest or importance, for example, an add itional action required only in certain circumstances.

The tip icon ind icates an id ea that could be useful, for example, a way to app ly the information provided in the current section to achieve a specific result.

The warning icon ind icates the potential for a d amaging situation, for example, data loss or corruption if certain steps are taken or not taken.

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Connecting with TIBCO Resources

How to Join TIBCOmmunity

TIBCOmmunity is an online destination for TIBCO customers, partners, and resid ent experts, a place to share and access the collective experience of the TIBCO community. TIBCOmmunity offers forums, blogs, and access to a variety of resources. To register, go to http:/ / www.tibcommunity.com .

How to Access All TIBCO Documentation

After you join TIBCOmmunity, you can access the documentation for all supported product versions here:

http :/ / docs.tibco.com/ TibcoDoc

How to Contact TIBCO Spotfire Support

For comments or problems with this manual or the software it addresses, p lease contact TIBCO Spotfire Support as follows.

For an overview of TIBCO Support, and information about getting started with TIBCO Support, visit this site:

http:/ / www.tibco.com/ services/ support

If you already have a valid maintenance or support contract, visit this site:

https:/ / support.tibco.com

Entry to this site requires a user name and password . If you do not have a user name, you can request one.

http://www.tibcommunity.com/

http://docs.tibco.com/TibcoDoc

http://www.tibco.com/services/support

https://support.tibco.com/

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Release Notes

Check the TIBCO Prod uct Support web site at https:/ / support.tibco.com for prod uct information that was not available at release time. Entry to this site requires a username and password . If you do not have a username, you can request one. You must have a valid maintenance or support contract to use this site.

See the TIBCO Spotfire® System Requirements web page for a detailed description of the system requirements for TIBCO Spotfire® 4.5.0.

Topics

New Features, see page 3

Changes in Functionality, see page 5

Deprecated and Removed Features, see page 6

Migration and Compatibility, see page 7

Closed Issues, see page 8

Known Issues, see page 9

https://support.tibco.com/

http://support.spotfire.com/sr_spotfire45.asp

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New Features

This section lists features added since the last release of this product.

Release 4.5.0

The following are new features in this release.

Native Installers for Windows and Linux

Better OS integration and for Wind ows simple uninstallation.

Configuration Framework

The Configuration Console has been removed . Instead the configuration framework provides a range of improvements:

Scriptable: Configuration is performed via a command prompt, enabling fast, easy, scriptable and transparent configuration. Configurations are more robust and easy to maintain.

Versioning: All imported configurations are saved which means that it is easy to switch back to an older configuration or to determine when a specific configuration change was made.

Clustering: Configurations are consolidated to the d atabase, includ ing specific configuration. Each server reports availability in the cluster by writing to the database. The first performs tasks handled by one server per cluster, like group synchronization. If it server goes down another server automatically takes over.

Economic: The amount of configuration required has been reduced , and the amount to get up and running minimized .

Passwords: The ad ministrator provides the database credentials on first configuration only. Subsequent configuring is performed using a password specified by the administrator. The first administrator user is created via a configuration command (which may be run again if needed).

Range: The configuration tool controls capabilities not handled in the removed TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.3 Configuration Console.

Help: Help is accessible d irectly in the command tool, but also av ailable in the Installation and Configuration manual.

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Database Startup

The TIBCO Spotfire server handles slowly starting d atabases by performing several attempts.

Monitoring

TIBCO Spotfire Server can be monitored using TIBCO Hawk or any Java Management Extensions (JMX) compliant monitoring tool.

Out-of-the-box Data Functions

Pre-packaged pred ictive analytic methods, Data Functions, provide users analytic functionality and flexible templates to help users qu ickly develop their own Data Functions. These are bundled with the TIBCO Spotfire Server .

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Changes in Functionality

This section lists changes in functionality since the last release of this prod uct.

Release 4.5.0

The following are changes in functionality in this release.

Architecture

Stability: The Spotfire Server Controller web application has been removed , eliminating problems with memory leaks.

Modernization: The Administration Console is implemented in a Google Web Toolkit to be responsive and better hand le modern browser versions. Minor usability improvements are included .

Security: OWASP and Veracode princip les app lied .

Logging

Access log comply with Common Log Format.

All timestamps are ISO 8601 compliant and includes time-zone information.

http://www.owasp.com/

http://www.veracode.com/

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Deprecated and Removed Features

Release 4.5.0

Deprecated Features

None.

Removed Features

The TIBCO Spotfire Server Configuration Console.

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Migration and Compatibility

This section explains how to migrate from a previous release to this release.

Release 4.5.0

Upgrade from TIBCO Spotfire® Server 3.0 or Later

Refer to the chapter “Upgrade from 3.0 or later to 4.5” in the TIBCO Spotfire Server – Installation and Configuration Manual.

Migration from TIBCO Spotfire® Analytics Server 10.1

Refer to the TIBCO Spotfire Server Migration Manual.

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Closed Issues

The table in this section list issues that were closed in the named releases.

Issue Fix version Comment

TSS-8902 4.5 Incorrect 'Content Encoding' set in Library servlet RSS responses.

Fix: Spotfire no longer sets the Content-Encoding (since the content

isn't compressed). The Content-Type is set to "application/rss+xml;

charset=UTF-8".

TSS-8702 4.5 Script trust properties incorrectly removed from library documents.

TSS-8683 4.5 Log user account in usage.log even if impersonation is enabled.

Fix: Both failed and successful impersonation attempts are now

logged in the usage log.

TSS-8589 4.5 Validate database constraints before performing upgrade.

Fix: Added a database consistency verification component which is

run both by the Upgrade Tool and during server startup.

TSS-8565 4.5 Stopping Server in a cloned DB stops the wrong server.

Fix: No longer applicable since:

1) Spotfire no longer has a Configuration Console.

2) Spotfire no longer explicitly adds servers to the cluster; instead

each server registers itself during startup (and de-registers during

shutdown).

TSS-8542 4.5 Security warning when opening Add Deployment in Administration

Console using SSL.

TSS-8182 4.5 Real time monitoring of server availability.

Fix: Added server monitoring through JMX (Java Management

Extensions, a well-known Java API). This can be used to monitor

several aspects of the server, as well as to receive log outputs as

notifications.

TSS-8124 4.5 Remove create user button from Spotfire page.

Fix: Not only is the button removed - the entire JSP for creating

users is. This means that new users now only can be created by

administrators (the first administrator user is created using the

command line configuration tool which has its own security

mechanism).

TSS-7783 4.5 Null pointer exception in LdapContextFactory.

TSS-3612 4.5 Add a retry mechanism that checks the database during the start-up.

Fix: The server now makes up to three attempts, with increasing

intervals between, to connect to the database during server startup.

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Known Issues

The table in this section lists known issues in this release.

Key Summary/Workaround

Summary: General: On the Windows operating system, if the msvcr71.dll is

not found in the path when starting the Windows service for the TIBCO

Spotfire® Server, it will fail to start.

Workaround: Copy the msvcr71.dll from the <installation dir>\jdk\bin

directory to either the <installation dir>\tomcat\bin folder or to the Windows

system32 folder.

Summary: SSL: If you use OpenSSL™ on a Windows operating system to

generate X.509 certificates, beware that international characters in

certificates will not work.

Workaround: Avoid international characters or use Microsoft Certification

Authority Services instead.

Summary: Migration: The Oracle 10g JDBC driver (ojdbc14.jar) cannot be

used by the Migration Tool (when migrating from TIBCO Spotfire®

Analytics Server 10.1).

Workaround: Temporarily replace the driver with the Oracle 11g JDBC

driver (ojdbc6.jar). For more information please refer to the Database

Drivers chapter in the TIBCO Spotfire® Server Migration Manual.

Summary: User Directory: Some LDAP group synchronization

configurations may be ignored when synchronization using multiple

configurations occurs concurrently.

Workaround: Configure the synchronization using cron schedules and

separate them as much as possible in time.

Summary: User Directory: When using multiple LDAP group

synchronization schedules some synchronized groups may be erroneously

editable in the Administration Console.

Workaround: Do not edit these groups.

Summary: Library: Download of an analysis containing bookmarks may not

work when encryption of temporary files is enabled.

Workaround: Disable encryption of temporary files by exporting the

configuration, changing the value of the “<attachment>/<encrypt-temp-

files>” element to “false” and importing the configuration again. For more

information on how to perform configuration changes please refer to the

TIBCO Spotfire Server – Installation and Configuration Manual.

Summary: Information Services: Filtering on a column that is defined as

DOUBLE can produce incorrect behavior under certain circumstances.

Workaround: This is due to a bug in Oracle (According to Oracle, the

following bug numbers apply: 1375960, 1569966, and 895268). To remedy

the problem apply the appropriate patches from Oracle.

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Summary: Information Services: Substructure search may fail for structures

larger than 4000 bytes if the columns in the query are in a certain order.

This is a limitation in Symyx Direct.

Workaround: None known.

Summary: Information Services: There is a problem with running an

Information Link from the Information Library, when using structure

search prompting. The Edit structure function is broken; returning this

structure to the prompt dialog will not work.


Summary: Information Services: Accessing stored procedures via Oracle

database links does not work.


Summary: Information Services: Procedures cannot handle parameters of

Oracle type Date.


Summary: Information Services: The server side data pivoting capabilities in

Information Services require sub-queries support in the underlying

database. Sub-queries are not supported in older databases such as MySQL

4.0.


Summary: Information Services: Information Services does not support stored

procedures using the Teradata database.


Summary: Information Services: The DataDirect JDBC driver for Oracle

reports procedure types as “Pre” instead of “Query”.

Workaround: This will not prevent a user from setting the procedure to a

query procedure in Information Services.

Summary: Information Services: Properties are not always converted to data

table or column properties correctly when reading an Information Link.


Summary: Information Services: For pre-version 5.0 Composite JDBC drivers,

values of type DATE or TIME created or manipulated in Composite Studio

will not show the correct date or time, respectively, in TIBCO Spotfire®.

Workaround: Upgrade the JDBC driver.

Summary: Information Services: If you use the bundled DataDirect v4.1

Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver to connect to a database, listing that

database might fail if the schema contains overloaded procedure

definitions.

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Workaround: Use the Microsoft JDBC driver.

Summary: Information Services: There is an issue with the bundled

DataDirect v4.1 Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver and TIME columns in

Microsoft SQL Server 2008. If you try to read this data type through

Information Services without supplying a database name on the connection

URL the call will fail.

Workaround: Use the Microsoft JDBC driver.

Summary: Information Services: The Netezza JDBC driver, versions 5.0.8 and

earlier, must have fetch size set to 255 or less, or the complete dataset may

not be read.

Workaround: Set the fetch size to 255 or less, or upgrade the JDBC driver.

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