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1 online resource (348 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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polychrome |
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Professional expertise distilled
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Professional expertise distilled.
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"Professional Expertise Distilled"--Cover. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Annotation 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. |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Management.
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Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Management. |
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Information visualization -- Data processing.
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Information visualization. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Phillips, Michael. Tibco spotfire : a comprehensive primer : create innovative enterprise-class informatics solutions using TIBCO Spotfire. Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd, ©2015 vii, 325 pages 9781782176404 |
| ISBN |
9781782176411 (electronic book) |
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1782176411 (electronic book) |
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9781782176404 |
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1782176403 |
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9781782176404 |
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