Lamp visible in solid shading, but not in rendered mode

Question

so I'm new to blender. I was following this tutorial and found out I might have done something wrong. In object mode -> solid, I can see my lamp and the effect it has. In object mode -> rendered it's just dark and no sign of a lamp nor light.The strenght of the lamp is high enough.

Can someone help me out and tell me what I might have done wrong?

@Lisa first, that one on the right is not "solid mode" but "rendered mode", then, you wrote two times "solid mode" above... then , why did you set "background" as surface, instead of "emission"? — m.ardito, Jun 23 '17 at 09:10
@m.ardito oh crap, sorry! I meant render mode! I have no idea why, but this just solved my problem. Thanks so much! — Lisa, Jun 23 '17 at 09:14

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '17 at 08:34

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Strength 18 for cycles spot lamp is to low. Try to increase this value up to 1000 or more

answered Jun 23 '17 at 08:34

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This didn't work, I don't even have that faint light/light grey area like in the top picture.. – Lisa Jun 23 '17 at 08:44
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This setup is pointing in the right direction, but probably @Lisa just mistakenly set a wrong "surface" type. – m.ardito Jun 23 '17 at 09:22
@m.ardito this was the problem indeed, thank you! – Lisa Jun 23 '17 at 09:23

Lamp visible in solid shading, but not in rendered mode

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