Howto use SpotFire Pro 3

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Howto use SpotFire Pro 3

• ICS 105 Research TeamFall 2000

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Introduction

• Spotfire is a program that helps you do visual
  data mining. It achieves this by allowing you to
  do these things
• Explore data
• Analyze data
• Search data

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Key Components and Features

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Key Components and Features - Components

• Spotfire is made up of 3 windows within the
  application. Each one performs a different
  function.
• Graphical View
• Query
• Detail Results

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Key Components and Features - Components

• Question
• Please select low X and high Y.

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Key Components and Features Presentation Style

• Spotfire has 3 types of presentation styles
• Scatter Plot
• Histogram
• Pie Chart

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Key Components and Features Presentation Style

• Question
• Can you name which style would best represent the
  query How much X was found in 1985?

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Key Components and Features Types of View

• Within each presentation style, there are many
  ways to view the data
• Zooming
• Panning
• Sorting data

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Key Components and Features Types of View

• Question
• Find the data that fits the conditions, X, Y and
  Z.

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Key Components and Features Binning Data

• Spotfire has a feature called binning where you
  can divide data into logical bins. You can bin
  by
• Equal Intervals (every 5)
• Ranges of values (1-10, 10-15, 15,30)
• Much more!

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Key Components and Features Binning Data

• Question
• Can you bin the data set into intervals A-B,
  C-D and E-F?

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Summary

• We hope that this overview has helped you
  understand Spotfire better.
• If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
  to contact any of the mentors present.

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Final Comments

• On behalf of the ICS 105 Team, thank you for
  joining us.
• Please also remember to fill out the survey at
  the end of your trial.