Icons are small, simple images traditionally used for displaying trends or variations of some variable. They can be displayed in the context of a graphical table or, separately, in a text area. In the example below, the icons are used in a graphical table to show the top, bottom and intermediate sales region of some fictive product:
The general idea of icons is that they can be included directly where they are needed, in tables or text, in order to provide information at a glance. Icons can be set up to change with filtering like any traditional Spotfire visualization or they can be locked to show fixed values, using the Data page in the Icon Settings dialog.
See also:
How to Use the Graphical Table