Item: Spotfire
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Spotfire is currently being used to replace adhoc reports from legacy applications. We also use it to build useful visualizations about utilization, performance metrics, etc. It is currently being adopted across the entire organization and about 5-6 departments use it now. It has allowed the company to have a tool that's interactive and doesn't require using another program to manipulate data.

Pros and Cons

Helps users build advanced visualizations and does a great job of allowing users to make changes as needed.
Offers powerful data transformation tools which allows users to make changes to the data as needed without affecting the source data.
Provides automation services to eliminate having to export/email a daily report manually.

Its a powerful tool but often lacks some very basic things like responsiveness when viewing visualizations on a different platform/resolution. This should be a feature included within the tool.
The export options are minimal the pdf export leaves much to be desired. It requires reformatting or switching the page layout until you find the right format for your visualization.
Spotfire chart features/functions are sometimes over complicated.

Other Software Used

Oracle Access Management, Tableau Desktop

Training Types Used

Online training
In-person training
Self-taught

In-Person Training

The training was definitely a great for beginners. It provided it a lot of information on how the tools works and use cases for the tool. However, if you were self-taught prior to taking the class it is pretty much going to cover the basics which you already know.

Online Training

It was good general overview of the tools there are some advances classes as well. I like that you can follow along since the data is provided.

Ease of Spotfire Training

Yes, it was fairly easy to learn once you get passed the nuisances of the tool. I learned more by "playing" around in the tool.

Likelihood to Recommend

Spotfire is well suited for building/creating dashboards or adhoc reports. It's also a great tool to use to measure performance. It's great for those who have knowledge of SQL/python and if you need to create/develop a tool for end users. If you don't have any knowledge of SQL/Python you may want to use a tool better suited for end users.

Awesome data visualization tool

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Spotfire