How to disable the "Export" item in the Web Player menu.
Article ID: KB0082468
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spotfire Web Player | 7.0 and prior |
Description
Description:
The following describes how to hide the "Export" item in the Web Player menu.
Resolution
There are two options to disable the "Export" item in Web Player menu.
Option 1):
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- Go to your web player server. Open Web.config. Search for 'showExportFile' in Web.config.
- By default, the value is 'true'. Now set its value to false.
'showExportFile=false'
- Reset IIS.
Option 1):
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- Go to your web player server. Open Web.config. Search for 'showExportFile' in Web.config.
- By default, the value is 'true'. Now set its value to false.
'showExportFile=false'
- Reset IIS.
Note: This will disable the Export option for all the Web player users.
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Option 2):
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You need to disable the following licenses for all groups of which users are a member of. Only the Spotfire Administrator can perform this task.
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Export to PowerPoint
Export to PDF
Export Image
Export Data
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Follow the steps below to hide the "Export" item in the Web Player menu. A screenshot file is attached. (File name: Export_Item_in_Web_player.JPG).
- Log in to Spofire Professional client with administrator privilege.
- Once you log in, go to Tools --> Administration Manager.
- In the Administration Manager window, click on the 'Groups and Licenses' tab.
- Select all groups, one by one, from the 'Available groups' panel for which users are member of.
- Once you select the group, click on the Licenses tab in the right panel.
- Under the Licenses tab, click on the Edit button and expand the 'TIBCO Spotfire Enterprise Player' license.
- You will need to disable the above mentioned licenses to hide the 'Export' item in the Web Player menu.
Note: You can disable the individual export items (e.g., To PDF, To Microsoft PowerPoint etc.) in Web Player by disabling the associated export license in the Administration Manager.
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Option 2):
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You need to disable the following licenses for all groups of which users are a member of. Only the Spotfire Administrator can perform this task.
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Export to PowerPoint
Export to PDF
Export Image
Export Data
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Follow the steps below to hide the "Export" item in the Web Player menu. A screenshot file is attached. (File name: Export_Item_in_Web_player.JPG).
- Log in to Spofire Professional client with administrator privilege.
- Once you log in, go to Tools --> Administration Manager.
- In the Administration Manager window, click on the 'Groups and Licenses' tab.
- Select all groups, one by one, from the 'Available groups' panel for which users are member of.
- Once you select the group, click on the Licenses tab in the right panel.
- Under the Licenses tab, click on the Edit button and expand the 'TIBCO Spotfire Enterprise Player' license.
- You will need to disable the above mentioned licenses to hide the 'Export' item in the Web Player menu.
Note: You can disable the individual export items (e.g., To PDF, To Microsoft PowerPoint etc.) in Web Player by disabling the associated export license in the Administration Manager.
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Issue/Introduction
How to disable the "Export" item in the Web Player menu.
Additional Information
https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire/6.5.2/doc/pdf/TIB_sfire_deploy_6.5.2_DeployAdminManual.pdf
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