Building Solutions with the DecisionSite Analytics Platform

About the Book

In this age of information, companies are spending millions of dollars on data services, databases and data mining to use information as a competitive weapon. However, most employees are not trained analysts and many times data sources are not compatible. As a result, companies are not getting maximum value from all these data investments.

Spotfire DecisionSite is recognized for its easy-to-use visual interface, ability to integrate with multiple data sources, and "guided analytics" technology, which allows non-expert users to follow established analysis processes. DecisionSite Guided analytics enables developers to apply their programming and domain knowledge to create powerful visual analysis applications for end-users. By spreading best practices to a broad range of users, DecisionSite developers are helping their companies use current data investments to gain a significant information advantage over the competition.

Building Solutions instructs new and existing DecisionSite developers on crafting Guided Analytic Applications that can be used by end-users to speed workflow, accelerate data sharing, and improve decision-making. Through application examples, code samples, and an overview of the DecisionSite system architecture, developers will learn to design applications to help end-users complete comprehensive data analysis promptly and accurately.

About the Author

Kevin Hanegan is a course developer and trainer for Spotfire, Inc., and has worked for a variety of companies as a trainer and consultant. He is the author of Custom CGI Scripting with Perl and Practical Guide to Curl, and also teaches MIS classes at Northeastern University. He has two Bachelor of Science degrees: Mathematics and Computer Science, and is currently working towards his Masters in MIS.

Spotfire, Inc. (http://www.spotfire.com), provides interactive, visual data analytics applications and services that empower enterprises and their end-users to improve operational performance and gain an information advantage over the competition. Over 25,000 users in close to 1,000 organizations around the world use Spotfire DecisionSite to drive confident decision-making by quickly and easily spotting trends, outliers and unanticipated relationships in critical business data. The company maintains U.S. headquarters in Somerville, Mass., and European headquarters in Göteborg, Sweden.