In this section, we are going to explore loading and visualizing data using the Spotfire rich desktop client and the Spotfire web authoring clients.
There are a few different Spotfire client applications. As of Version X (pronounced 10), these are as follows:
- Desktop clients (rich, installed):
- Spotfire Analyst: This fully featured application connects to an on-premises Spotfire server that's installed at your organization and is sometimes called Spotfire professional.
- Spotfire Cloud Analyst: A fully featured desktop application that connects to a cloud-based Spotfire server, you can download it from your Spotfire Cloud account if you have one.
- Spotfire for macOS: This is a hybrid application—it's essentially a wrapper around the Spotfire web clients (detailed later), but it is installed on desktop machines.
- Web clients...
