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  • What's New in Spotfire® 7.6


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    This article is kept for reference but some of the links may be broken due to Spotfire systems being updated over the years, please post a question in our Forum or submit a support ticket if you need any assistance with an older Spotfire version that is still supported  

    7.6 is an important release for TIBCO Spotfire, thanks to the modernized client and server architecture. This new foundation is helping make it easier and faster for us to make visualization improvements, and significantly simplifies server administration and managability.

    TIBCO Spotfire® 7.6

    7.6 is an important release for TIBCO Spotfire, thanks to the modernized client and server architecture. This new foundation is helping make it easier and faster for us to make visualization improvements, and significantly simplifies server administration and managability.  This document summarizes the cool new features in TIBCO Spotfire 7.6.

    Below are tutorials and video links to learn more about a selection of the new features, and more.

    KPI chart and Mobile:

    The new KPI chart is a big fan favorite in TIBCO Spotfire 7.6.  It is now easier than ever to configure a Key Performance Indicator dashboard in TIBCO Spotfire and make it available to consumers using the TIBCO Spotfire iOS app for mobile devices or the TIBCO Spotfire web client.  Create dashboards that let the user browse their KPIs, tapping a KPI to view more detailed KPIs, or to view more details in regular TIBCO Spotfire visuals.

    Waterfall Charts

    Another great new visualization is the Waterfall chart, which now works with TIBCO Spotfire Cloud 3.6 and TIBCO Spotfire 7.6.  They are useful when you need to show how different component factors contribute to a final result. Waterfall charts are commonly used in financial analysis, but are useful for other use cases as well. So if you're unfamiliar with why you would use a waterfall chart in the first place, start by reading this post on: why use a waterfall chart. Then, explore the "how" to create a waterfall chart in TIBCO Spotfire with the following tutorials:

    Show top N vs the rest

    It can be useful to visualize the Top N of something, versus "the rest".  This is a great visualization technique to improve chart readability when you have a few large groups and many smaller ones. This article is relevant for 7.6 and older versions as well:

    Inline Data Preparation and Data Wrangling

    Below are a selection of new, easy to use tools to prepare and wrangle data. This video shows how they can be used:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr1vZgbUcGQ

    Visual overview of data table structures

    It is sometimes challenging to understand which data sources and what methods have been used to create combined data tables. To solve this problem, data table data sources and operations can now easily be viewed in the Source view of the expanded data panel. It is possible to see detailed information about operations and preview intermediate resulting data tables after individual steps.

    Split columns into new columns based on column values

    Sometimes, column values contain multiple pieces of information. Examples are first and last name, or city and zip code. It's now easy to split columns of this type into separate columns containing the individual values from the original column. The original column can then be hidden from the analysis, not to distract and take up valuable space (in, for example, the Data panel).

    Unpivot from the data panel

    Data can be organized in different ways, for example, in a short/wide or tall/skinny format, but still contain the same information. Often, it is easier to visualize data organized in a tall/skinny format, that is, when the values are collected in just a few value columns. Unpivoting is one way to transform data from a short/wide to a tall/skinny format, so the data can be presented the way you want it in the visualizations. The Data panel (both in TIBCO Spotfire Analyst and TIBCO Spotfire Business Author) now has a built-in unpivot tool on the right-click menu.

    Whats New in TIBCO Spotfire 7.6

    Using multiple screens when analyzing data

    When you want to simultaneously view more visualizations than will fit on a single screen, you can now analyze your data using multiple screens!

    New Google Analytics connector in TIBCO Spotfire Business Author and TIBCO Spotfire Analyst

    TIBCO Spotfire Business Author and TIBCO Spotfire Analyst now support direct access to, and analysis of, data from Google Analytics.

    Whats New in TIBCO Spotfire 7.6

    Video: How To Connect To Google Analytics With Spotfire

    New Salesforce.com connector in TIBCO Spotfire Business Author

    TIBCO Spotfire Business Author now supports direct access to, and analysis of, Salesforce.com data, without using the installed TIBCO Spotfire Analyst client.

    Whats New in TIBCO Spotfire 7.6

    Caching Data using Automation Services

    Performance can often be improved by periodically loading data from databases and caching it, so that TIBCO Spotfire analyses requiring the data can be opened quickly and without each analysis hitting the database with queries. 


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