Links to analyses stored in the TIBCO Spotfire Library where the path contains spaces, created using Copy Link to Analysis, cannot be used as Windows shortcuts.

Links to analyses stored in the TIBCO Spotfire Library where the path contains spaces, created using Copy Link to Analysis, cannot be used as Windows shortcuts.

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Article ID: KB0074945

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Products Versions
Spotfire Analyst 10.3 and higher

Description

Links to analyses in the Spotfire Library, created in the following way, might not work as shortcuts in Windows:

  • Tools -> Library administration -> Select an analysis -> Right click -> Copy Link to Analysis -> Link for Users of the Installed Client -> Library Path
This can happen if the path contains characters, such as (white)space, that need to be encoded for the Windows shortcut to work.

The same URL, containing the un-encoded characters, can also be found in the following locations:
  • File -> Document properties -> Library -> Library URL.
  • Tools -> Library administration -> Select an analysis -> Link to Selected Item -> URL

Environment

Windows

Resolution

Replace (encode) the spaces in the URL with %20.

For example:
Non-working URL: tibcospotfire:server:http\://xxx.yyy.zzz/:analysis:/folder/Introduction to Spotfire
Working URL:        tibcospotfire:server:http\://xxx.yyy.zzz/:analysis:/folder/Introduction%20to%20Spotfire

Issue/Introduction

Copying link to analysis in library by going to Tools -> Library administration -> Select an analysis -> Right click -> Copy Link to Analysis -> Link for Users of the Installed Client -> Library Path might not work as shortcuts in Windows. One reason behind this can be that the copied path contains spaces which makes Windows truncate the URL.

Additional Information

Keywords: shortcut, spaces, URL, installed client, library path, Could not load the analysis
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