Tibco spotfire a comprehensive primer : create innovative enterprise-class informatics solutions using TIBCO Spotfire

If you are a business user or data professional, this book will give you a solid grounding in the use of TIBCO Spotfire. This book assumes no prior knowledge of Spotfire or even basic data and visualization concepts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Phillips, Michael, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd 2015.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Professional expertise distilled
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628663706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Show Me the Data; Adding data to Spotfire from files; Importing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into Spotfire; Importing a text file into Spotfire; Importing other file types into Spotfire; Key data concept - basic row/column structure of a data table; Key data concept - data types; Using the inbuilt filters in Spotfire; Key data concept - data relationships; How to link data in Spotfire; How to relate two tables; Column matching; Connecting to a database
  • Using ODBCHow to set up an ODBC connection in Microsoft Windows 7; Using an ODBC connection in Spotfire; Key data concept - data queries; Anatomy of a SQL statement; Summary; Chapter 2: Visualize This!; Displaying information quickly in tabular form; Enriching your visualizations with color categorization; Visualizing categorical information using bar charts; Dividing a visualization across a trellis grid; Key Spotfire concept - marking; How to change the marking color; How to set the marking behavior of a visualization; Visualizing trends using line charts
  • Visualizing proportions using pie chartsVisualizing relationships using scatter plots; Visualizing hierarchical relationships using treemaps; Key Spotfire concept - filters; Enhancing tabular presentations using graphical tables; Summary; Chapter 3: Analyze That!; Framing your analysis using text areas; Key Spotfire concept - document properties; Increasing interactivity using property controls; Providing summary information at a glance; Customizing the filter panel; Getting details of marked items; Annotating data using tags and lists; Using lists; Using tags
  • Creating analysis snapshots using bookmarksSummary; Chapter 4: The Big Wide World of Spotfire; An overview of Spotfire components and architecture; A quick guide to Administration Manager; Users; Groups and Licenses; Preferences; Using the Library Administration interface; Folder permissions; Import and Export; A quick tour of Information Designer; Data Source; Columns; Join; Filter; Procedure; Information Links; An overview of Spotfire Analyst (formerly Professional Client); An overview of Spotfire Consumer (formerly web player); An overview of Spotfire Business Author (new with Version 6.5)
  • Automating tasks using Automation ServicesRunning Automation Services jobs; An overview of system monitoring tools; Spotfire 6.5; Summary; Chapter 5: Source Data is Never Enough; Creating metrics using calculated columns; Basic metric; Dynamic metric; Using the Data Panel tool; Key data concept - dimensional hierarchies; Adding dimensionality to your data by defining hierarchies; Categorizing continuous numerical data using binning functions; Slicing and dicing data using hierarchy nodes; LastPeriods; Parent; PreviousPeriod; ParallelPeriod; NavigatePeriod; Intersect
  • Merging data from multiple sources