1. Visualizations

An analysis consists of visualizations based on the loaded data. To provide the best representation of your data, many visualization types are available. Within each visualization type, you can use various properties to reflect different dimensions of the data, for example, color, size, and shape.

2. Pages

The visualizations are organized onto pages in the analysis. You can resize and move around the visualizations on the pages to get the desired layout when creating an analysis.

A page can also contain text areas (added using the installed client). There you can add information, static as well as dynamic, and also initiate various kinds of interactions like filtering or switching to another analysis page.

3. Authoring bar

If you have authoring permissions, you access the most frequently used features for authors by clicking the icons on the authoring bar. If the authoring bar is unavailable, switch from Viewing mode to Editing mode in the top right corner of the menu bar, see below.

• Files and data : Here you add the data you want to visualize, or open existing analyses.
• Data in analysis : Lets you create visualizations by selecting the data you are interested in first, and then you let Spotfire recommend various ways to visualize it. This is also where you can get more information about the data and filter out values.
• Visualization types : Here you create visualizations by selecting the type of visualization you want to use. Then you configure the visualization your way.
• f(x) – analytic tools : If enabled, gives you easy access to your favorite data functions, which can perform different calculations. In the installed client, you can also reach analytic tools from here.
• Actions : Here you get an overview of the action mods and external actions in your analysis. You can run an action from the flyout, and edit its configuration.
• Data canvas : Here you get a view of the data structure in the analysis, and you can also make changes to it. You can, for example, add more rows and columns to data tables, transform the data (installed client only), and specify when and how the data should be loaded and stored.

4. Menu bar

In the left part on the menu bar, features mentioned in the authoring bar section above are accessible, but you can also get access to other important features, for example, export and calculation options, as well as the user guide. In addition to the menus, buttons for Undo and Redo are available.

If you want, you can click the three dots furthest to the left to show or hide this part of the menu.

To the right on the menu bar, you can use Find as a short way to find contents as well as actions and features you are looking for. This part of the toolbar is also where you are given information, various notifications, and scheduled updates details, and you can open the collaboration, bookmarks, and filters panels, and settings for the visualization properties. You can customize this part of the toolbar by selecting shortcuts to actions and tools that you use often.

If you are authoring analyses to be consumed by users who do not have authoring rights, you get their view of the analysis by switching from Editing to Viewing in the drop-down list.

Status bar

The status bar is located at the bottom or the top of the window and shows information about the main data table used by the active visualization (the visualization that was last clicked upon). If the information is not visible, click .