1. Howto use SpotFire Pro 3 ICS 105 Research Team Fall 2000

2. 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

3. Key Components and Features

4. 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

5. Key Components and Features - Components Question: Please select low X and high Y.

6. Key Components and Features – Presentation Style Spotfire has 3 types of presentation styles: Scatter Plot Histogram Pie Chart

7. Key Components and Features – Presentation Style Question: Can you name which style would best represent the query “How much X was found in 1985?”

8. Key Components and Features – Types of View Within each presentation style, there are many ways to view the data: Zooming Panning Sorting data

9. Key Components and Features – Types of View Question: Find the data that fits the conditions, “X, Y and Z”.

10. 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!

11. Key Components and Features – Binning Data Question: Can you “bin” the data set into intervals A-B, C-D and E-F?

12. 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.

13. 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.