Before we continue exploring the text area, you need to understand an important Spotfire concept—the document property. Document properties are key to the use of user inputs and other controls. As we'll see shortly, you can create new document properties in the course of creating controls, but you can also access all document properties directly, creating new ones and editing existing ones through the main document properties dialog.
You'll find document properties under the Edit menu options. Select Document Properties and then the Properties tab.
Don't worry about the Script button for now and stick to the New and Edit buttons. When creating a new property, you need to enter the following details:
Property name: You must give the property a unique name with no spaces. You cannot change this once the property has been created, but you can delete the property and start again.
Data type: You must choose a data type from the dropdown list. You cannot...