To create a new parallel coordinate plot:
On the authoring bar, click
to open the
Visualization types flyout.
Drag the Parallel coordinate plot visualization to the wanted position on the analysis page.
Response: A first attempt to set up a suitable parallel coordinate plot is made.
Adjust the parallel coordinate plot to display the columns of your choice, by right-clicking the visualization and selecting Properties.
Select Columns.
Add/Remove the columns you want to show on the X-axis.
Click Close.
To apply coloring:
On the authoring bar, click
to open the Data in analysis
flyout.
In the flyout, drag the column you want to color by to the center of the visualization.
Response: Drop targets are shown in the middle of the visualization.
Drop the column on the Color target.
Response: The lines are colored with one color for each category in the selected column. If the lines have not been previously split by adding a Line By column, the lines will be split according to the color categories.
Comment: To learn more about coloring in Spotfire, see Coloring Overview.