Item: Spotfire
Rating: 6
Author: Haseeb Ahmed Janjua

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Spotfire

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Spotfire is used personally by me for the analysis and inferencing of geological data. But the results are shared with everybody in the form of presentation and publication. The interactive console or theme of Spotfire makes it easy for me to present and analyze giant oilfield geological data simultaneously.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Solving common problems through Spotfire's ROWID function. In geological data visualization, we often need to access unique values in individual cells, and this can be easily done through the ROWID function.
Using TERR or R makes my work very easy in solving the first order differential equations.
Performing hierarchical cluster analysis of stratigraphic sequences (Strata that have the same Depth in different fields).

Cons

Sometimes there are too many options for data visualization. The user outfit should be simple.
Spotfire should be easier on a system's memory capabilities. It should take less hard drive space.
Based on common life case studies, more training programs should be offered that describe how to use Spotfire more efficiently.
If possible, these training programs should be free.

Alternatives Considered

Devart Excel Add-ins, Highcharts and Tableau Public

In Spotfire, you generally don't have to program (write a code) for doing simple mainstream tasks. And yet you get the most effective and beautiful visualization of data.

Return on Investment

Using Spotfire has saved my time in making presentations for oilfield clients, where the data is gigantic.
I have more skill as a business analyst now.
The graphs and plots of my work are very unique.