Whats New in Spotfire 4.0

What’s New in Spotfire 4.0

Spotfire Product Management

7 November 2011 Confidential TIBCO Software 2011 1

INFORMATION AT A GLANCE


Dynamic Values

WhatDynamically display single

values in text areas that

responds to filtering and

parameter changes.

WhyLook at the most important

numbers first before diving

into more details.


Conditional Icons

What

Dynamically calculated

conditional icons that respond

to filtering and parameter

changes.

Why

Indicate change, comparisons

to targets and highlight

important events.


Sparklines

What

Dynamically calculated

sparklines that respond to

filtering and parameter

changes.

Why

Show at a glance and when

drilling in whether a metric is

trending down, up or varies a

lot.


Graphical Summary Tables

What

Dynamic values, conditional

icons and sparklines in one

compact table broken down by

some category.

Why

Visually show everything you

need to know on a single

screen.


LOOK AND FEEL


All new graphical profile

What

New style for Spotfire visualizations and pages. Fewer lines and frames. Toolbars moved out of the way. Larger visualization titles.

Why

Improves the look and feel of the page and puts the data in focus. Easier to blend in with portal pages and other applications.


Pop-over over filter panel

What

New pop-over panel mode for

the filter panel as an

alternative to docking

Why

Use space on the screen more

efficiently by not showing the

filter panel when it’s not

needed.


Pop-over legend

What

New pop-over mode for the

legend as alternative to

docking

Why


efficiently by not showing the

legend for a visualization when

it’s not needed.


Individual control over axis label

visibility

What

Individual control over axis

label visibility

Why

Save space by hiding one axis

label if the intepretation is

obvious without having to hide

all axis labels.


More control over legend contents and

placement

What

Turn on and off axis selectors

and title for individual legend

items. Dock legend left or

right.

Why


efficiently by only showing

what’s necessary in the

legend.


Fixed Size Layout

What

Constrain the visualization area to a specific height and width and use scrollbars or whitespace outside the visualizations to adapt to different screensizes.

Why

Create optimized Spotfire dashboards and applications for specific devices and screen resolutions.


Mix filters and controls on the page

What

Freely mix and match filters with other controls and dynamic value displays.

Why

Keep filters and controls together to make them easier to find for the user. Expose only the filters that are relevant and put them in an understandable context for the dashboard user.


Nicer looking tables

What

Cleaner and more display

friendly tables without heavy

headers. Scrollbars only show

up when needed.

Why

Clean display with the data in

focus.


Combine different slices of data on the

same page

What

Limit each visualization to any

combination of markings,

filtering schemes and

conditional expressions.

What

Show everything related to a

single topic on one page

regardless of if it requires

different slices of the data.


Toolbars and Information

What

Toolbars and information

about the analysis has moved

to separate dialogs

Why

Focus on the data instead of

on controls when they are not

needed. Less technical for the

end user.


NAVIGATION AND INTERACTION


Actions

What

Add actions to icons and

sparklines that moves to a

different page, applies a

bookmark or execute a script.

What

Drill down or navigate to more

details by clicking on an icon or

sparkline in a graphical

summary tables.


Page History Navigation

What

Single click to move backwards

and forwards in the page

history.

Why

Allow the user to go back to

where they came from.

Especially important when

detailed info are shown on a

different page and you want to

get back to the overview.


Embed interactive controls

What

All new summary visualizations support expressions and properties that respond to user controls.

Why

Create one parameterized dashboard and give the user control over what to see instead of creating a hundred dashboards for different user needs.


BUILDING DASHBOARDS


Preserve Information when Switching

Visualizations

What

As much information as

possible is carried over when

switching from one

visualization to another.

Why

Saves time when changing a

visualization type after you’ve

already done some

configuration.


Change all fonts in one place

What

Apply a font or size change to

all visualizations in the entire

analysis.

Why

Saves time.


Easier access to toggling visualization

features

What

Turn on and off visualization

features from a right click

menu inside the visualization.

Why

Improves ease of use since its

possible to reach this

functionality even when the

title bar is hidden.


More predefined categorical coloring

schemes

What

4 pre-defined categorical

coloring schemes.

Why

Easy to chose between a few

categorical color schemes that

look good and are readable.


Manage Document Color Schemes

What

Possible to delete and rename

document color schemes.

Why

Easier to work when you have

many document color schemes

to keep track of.


Better Defaults when creating

visualizations

WhatDate is used as the default column on the x-axis of a line chart if one exists. Row count is used as the default column for bar charts.

Why

Faster to get to a suitable visualization that can be modified. Easier to understand what the visualizations shows if the default visualization makes sense.


Toggle auto column additions off

What

Option to control whether new

calculated or added columns

should automatically show up

in the table visualization or

not.

Why

No surprising changes after

deciding that the dashboard

looks just right.


Analysis Previews

What

Analysis preview images are

available when browsing for

analysis in Spotfire

Professional or Enterprise

Player.

Why

Easier to find a specific

analysis.


Control over table header font

WhatFonts can be set independently for table headers and section headers

WhyDashboard designers can chose the header style that looks the best and is most readable in a given situation.


COLLABORATION


Share with TIBBR

What

Right click on any visualization

or page and share the view on

tibbr with a link back to the

analysis

Why

Easy sharing of insights and

findings.


Add tibbr discussions to the analysis

What

Integrated tibbr discussions

right in the analysis filtered to

a particular subject.

Why

Discuss insights and findings

with collegues directly in the

analysis. Subscribe and get

notified when someone posts

a comment on an analysis you

are interested in.


Embed dashboards in other web pages

What

One click access to HTML fragments that displays a Spotfire page that can be pasted directly into portals and other web pages.

Why

Put a link to the analysis in your corporate blog or wiki. Integrate Spotfire analysis displays into SharePoint WebPart and other portals.


OTHER ENHANCEMENTS


Export Footer

What

Include a footer when

exporting or printing pages.

Why

Make it clear where the

printout came from or indicate

to the reader that the contents

is confidential.


Stepped Linecharts

What

Draw stepped linecharts that

only shows a change in value

at the exact point where the

value changed.

Why

Better representation of

discrete data that avoids

misleading the user by

interpolating values in

between data points.


Automation Services 4.0

What

New task added to remap Information Services catalogs and schemas during an automated Library import.

Why

Allow for the automation of migrating a Spotfire Information Model from a test to production environment in instances when the test and production instances of the data source are in different database catalogs or schemas.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENT CHANGES


TIBCO Spotfire 4.0

• Require Microsoft .Net 4.0

– Old extension written with Microsoft .Net 2.0 will

continue to work without re-compilation

• Drop support for Internet Explorer 6


TIBCO Spotfire Web Player 4.0

• Server

– Drop Support for Windows Server 2003

– Require Microsoft .Net 4.0

• Note: Old extensions written with Microsoft .Net 2.0

will continue to work without re-compilation

• Client

– Drop Support for Internet Explorer 6

– Latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Safari.


TIBCO Spotfire Lead Discovery 4.0

• Base Requirements

– Microsoft .Net 4.0

– Microsoft .Net 2.0 (if chemistry component requires it)

• Renderers

– Drop Support for Accelrys Draw 3.0 and 3.1

• Editors

– Add support for editing substructures in 64 bit environments


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