Enriching your visualizations with color categorization
Color is a strong feature in Spotfire and an important visualization tool, often underestimated by report creators. It can be seen as merely a nice-to-have customization, but paying attention to color can be the difference between creating a stimulating and intuitive data visualization rather than an uninspiring and even confusing corporate report. Take some pride and care in the visual aesthetics of your analytics creations!
Let's take a look at the color properties of the Table visualization.
Open the Table visualization properties again, select Colors, and then Add the column Runs.
Now, you can play with a color gradient, adding points by clicking on the Add Point button and customizing the colors. It's as easy as left-clicking on any color box and then selecting from a prebuilt palette or going into a full RGB selection dialog by choosing More Colors….
The result is a heatmap type effect for runs scored, with yellow representing low...
