Tibco Spotfire Essentials

What is TIBCO Spotfire?

• Using an Interactive Analysis Environment
• Login and Welcome Screen
• Open Data from Files
• Import Settings and Data Format
• Open Data from Excel
• Using Information Links
• Appreciating the Underlying Data Table
• Select a Default Visualization When Opening New Data
• Learn About the Spotfire Library

Create Visualisations

• Configure and Interpret Bar Charts
• Appreciate the Visualization Properties Dialog
• Trellis Visualizations to Subdivide Data
• Selecting Columns, Aggregations and Multiple Scales
• Create Continuous Data Groupings through Auto-Binning
• Configure and Interpret Line Charts
• Understand Date & Time Groupings and Fiscal Year Offsets
• Configure and Interpret Graphical Tables
• Configure and Interpret Scatter Plots
• Understand Color Options and Configure Color Schemes
• Add Reference Lines or Curve Fit Lines
• Adjust Transparency or Create a Density Plot
• Configure and Interpret Pie Charts
• Select Items for Display in the Legend
• Configure and Interpret Tables and the Details-on-Demand Panel
• Create hyperlinks to URLs within Tables
• Configure and Interpret Summary Tables and Cross Tables
• Include Images on Visualizations

Interactivity

• Drill-Down to Learn More About Data of Interest
• Configure the Content of Tooltip Information Boxes
• Learn How to Mark Data and What Marking Can Accomplish
• Configure Multiple Markings for Different Visualizations
• Create Details Visualizations
• Configure Details Visualizations for Serial Drill-Down
• Configure Visualizations to be Limited by Multiple Markings
• Apply Filters, Change Filter Types and Organize Filters
• Create and Apply Different Filtering Schemes
• Learn to Adjust Document Properties
• Show or Hide Indicated Items
• Define and Display Subsets

Save and Export

• Consider the Value of Saving Data Linked to the Source
• Change the Save Data Setting to Embed Data
• Reload Data or Replace the Data Table
• Export Data: Marked Data, Filtered Data, All Data
• Export Data to the Library
• Export Images to PDF or Edit Images in PowerPoint

Add Data

• Insert Calculated Columns
• Learn About the Expressions Dialog and Find Available Functions
• Learn How to Bin Continuous Data into Categorical Groupings
• Configure Custom Hierarchies
• Search and Select Using Hierarchy Filters
• Insert Columns or Rows from External Sources
• Add New Data Tables to an Existing Analysis
• Understand Column Matches
• Configure Visualizations Based on More Than One Data Table
• Configure Relations Between Data Tables
• Mark & Filter Across Data Tables
• Perform Multi-Step Data Transformations
• Learn how to Pivot and Unpivot Data
• Consider Differences Between In-Memory and In-Database Data
• Connect to Cube Databases
• Connect to Relational Databases and Establish New Relations
• Working with In-Database Data
• Import Relational Database Data as In-Memory Data Tables

Capture your Analysis

• Add and Apply Bookmarks
• Understand Aspects Captured in a Bookmark
• Capture or Apply Select Bookmark Aspects
• Create and Apply Tags
• Define Key Columns for Tags, Bookmarks, and Marked Data
• Extract Lists of Values and Apply in Other Analysis Sessions
• Compare Lists using List Logic, Organize Lists, and Add Annotations

Visualisations

• Configure and Interpret Treemaps to Analyze Hierarchical Data
• Configure and Interpret Box Plots to Examine Data Distribution
• Understand and Apply Comparison Circles
• Configure and Interpret Map Charts
• Navigate to Data of Interest in Map Charts
• Represent Data on a Map & Position w/ Coordinates or Geocoding
• Understand Different Map Layer Options
• View WMS Layers in Map Charts
• Select From Different Coordinate Reference Systems
• Configure Zoom Visibility for Each Map Layer
• Use a Map Chart to Display Your Data on Positions Over Any Image
• Consider Multivariate Data
• Configure and Interpret 3D Scatter Plots
• Configure and Interpret Parallel Coordinate Plots
• Configure and Interpret Heat Maps

Aggregation Options

• Why Aggregate Data on Visualizations?
• Understand the Purpose of Available Aggregation Categories
• Learn How to Apply Expression Shortcuts
• Add Error Bars to Visualizations

Conclusion

• Summary