Remove the Extension
Before Removing Analytics Builder
• For 9.3 and later:
1. In ThingWorx Composer, click the Browse icon (
) on the left and search your list of entities for the AnalyticsServerRuntimeInstance. Click the check box on the far left to select it.
) on the left and search your list of entities for the AnalyticsServerRuntimeInstance. Click the check box on the far left to select it.2. Click Delete at the top of the list and click Yes to confirm the deletion. The entity is deleted from the list.
• For 9.2.x and earlier:
Before you begin deleting extension files, consider whether you have created any Analytics Builder filter definitions that you want to preserve. If so, you can export them as follows before removing the extension files:
 | The steps to export filter definitions are only required for these earlier versions of Analytics Builder because in 9.3 and later, data filters are stored with the database. These steps are no longer necessary to preserve the filters. |
1. Click the Browse icon () on the left and search your list of entities to open the AnalyticsServerFiltersInstance.
) on the left and search your list of entities to open the AnalyticsServerFiltersInstance.2. In the toolbar at the top, click More and select the Export option. A Save As dialog box opens.
3. Save the Things_AnalyticsServerFiltersInstance.xml file to a location from which it can be imported later.
4. After the file is saved, return to the AnalyticsServerFiltersInstance entity, click More, and select the Delete option. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
| | The AnalyticsServerFiltersInstance entitiy must be deleted before the ThingWorx_Analytics_Builder_Extension component can be removed in the procedure below. |
5. Return to your list of entities, browse for AnalyticsServerRuntimeInstance and click the check box on the far left to select it.
6. Click Delete at the top of the list and click Yes to confirm the deletion. The entity is deleted from the list.
Before Removing Analytics Manager
Before you begin deleting extension files, consider whether you have created any Analytics Manager data that you want to preserve. If so, you can export it as follows before removing the extension files:
1. Click the Import/Export icon (
) on the left and select the Export option.
) on the left and select the Export option.The Export dialog box opens.
2. Configure the following parameters in the dialog box:
◦ Export Option – Select To File
◦ Export Type – Select Collection of Data
◦ Tags – Click the new (
) icon and seach for TW:AnalysisServices
) icon and seach for TW:AnalysisServices◦ Repository – Accept the SystemRepository selection or click the delete icon (
) and select a different repository to save the exported files to.
) and select a different repository to save the exported files to.3. Click Export to start exporting the data.
4. Check the ApplicationLog file, located in the ThingWorxStorage folder, to confirm that the export procedure has completed.
Removal
To remove the Analytics Extension from ThingWorx, complete the following steps:
1. Log into ThingWorx Composer as an administrator.
2. In the navigation bar on the left, click the Manage icon (
) and select the Installed Extensions option at the bottom of the Manage menu.
) and select the Installed Extensions option at the bottom of the Manage menu.The installed extensions are displayed on the right.
3. For each extension file that you want to delete, click the in the Actions column to delete the file.
in the Actions column to delete the file.To remove extensions for Analytics Builder only, select the following files:
◦ AnalyticsSmartGrid_ExtensionPackage
◦ Rangeslider_ExtensionPackage
◦ ROCChart_ExtensionPackage
◦ Distributionbar_ExtensionPackage
◦ LogoutButton
◦ FileUploadExt_ExtensionPackage
◦ ThingWorx_Analytics_Builder_Extension
◦ CopyToClipboard-button-ExtensionPackage
◦ ThingWorx-Analytics-Console-Extension
To remove the extensions for Analytics Manager only, delete the following files in order:
a. mathcadconnector-extension
b. twxarchiver-extension
c. capacitymgmt-extension
d. clusterbase-extension
e. analyticsserverconnector-extension
f. analysisprovider-extension
g. analysisdeps-extension
You will be prompted to confirm the deletion before each file is deleted.
4. When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
| | If any extension entities are in use, the extension package will not be deleted and an error message will be displayed. To correct the error, click the Browse icon ( ) and display All entities. Find the affected entities and manually delete them from ThingWorx. |