Some embedded dxp files fail to open with an error - "Prompting is not allowed for shareable documents"

Mike Roe

August 31, 2026 19:00
Updated

Date Posted: 2020-03-23
Product: TIBCO Spotfire®

Summary:

Description:

Certain embedded dxp files with unused Data Connection will fail to open in the Web Player User Interface.
Prompting error occurs when prompting is defined in data connection query and on scheduling such dxp, it will fail with this error as use of prompts is not feasible when caching a dxp.

Symptoms:
Unable to open an embedded analysis in Web Player. Error: "Prompting is not allowed for shareable documents".

ClientError: Unable to open analysis 'Analysis File test'.

System.InvalidOperationException: Prompting is not allowed for shareable documents.
at Spotfire.Dxp.Web.WebAnalysis.OpenShareableMasterDocument(PartiallyOpenedDocument tmpPod)
at Spotfire.Dxp.Web.WebAnalysis.<OpenFromCache2>d__4a.MoveNext()
at Spotfire.Dxp.Web.WebAnalysis.<OpenWithProgress>d__68.MoveNext()
at Spotfire.Dxp.Web.PromptHandler.PromptItem.PromptNext()
at Spotfire.Dxp.Web.PromptHandler.PromptItem.Execute()

Cause:
The error is related to prompting for credentials for an adapter. Since the data is embedded it should not ask for any credentials.

Resolution:

Remove the Connection that does not have any tables.

1). Select Edit-> Data Connection Properties
2). Delete the connection named Connection.
3). Press OK.
4). Save the analysis to library.

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