What this book covers

Chapter 1, Show Me the Data, covers data access, starting with an Excel spreadsheet and moving on to other data sources.

Chapter 2, Visualize This!, gets you to think about the visualization of information and how to do this with Spotfire.

Chapter 3, Analyze That!, shows you how to quickly transform even simple analysis into professional and powerful analytical toolkits through the addition of context and input controls.

Chapter 4, The Big Wide World of Spotfire, looks at the main Spotfire platform components and covers basic platform administration.

Chapter 5, Source Data is Never Enough, shows you how to use Spotfire's data tools to transform your source data, when necessary, into a form that is more suitable for your analysis needs.

Chapter 6, The World is Your Visualization, covers visualization types and advanced visualization features not discussed in Chapter 2, Visualize This!.

Chapter 7, What's Your Location? , shows you how to use Spotfire's location analytics capabilities to put geographic and other spatial context to your analysis.

Chapter 8, The Secret Life of Python, demystifies the Spotfire API and shows you how to use IronPython to program visualization properties, data properties, and more.

Chapter 9, It's All About Self-service These Days, covers the topic of guided analysis and presents a case study in the delivery of self-service business intelligence frameworks.

Chapter 10, Beyond the Horizon, explores some optional and advanced Spotfire components not covered elsewhere in this book: TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R, JavaScript, mobile metrics, event analytics, and advanced data services.