How to change temporary folder location in Spotfire Automation Services

Product:TIBCO Spotfire Automation Services
Versions:7.5 or higher

Summary:
Procedure to change Spotfire Automation Services temporary folder location.

Details:
Procedure to change Automation Services temporary folder location.

Resolution:
The temporary files location for both Spotfire Web Player and Automation Services is controlled by the same setting - "TempFolder" in Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config.

It can be configured in the following way:

1. Export your configuration.
2. In the exported configuration, open Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config in a text or xml editor
3. Locate the TempFolder setting and set the desired path 
 

<Spotfire.Dxp.Internal.Properties.Settings>
  <setting name="TempFolder" serializeAs="String">
    <value>C:\NewTemp</value>
  </setting>

4. Save
5. Import the configuration.

For more detailed instructions, please refer to the page Changing the default location of the Web Player temporary files in the TIBCO Spotfire Server and Environment - Installation and Administration manual