In this chapter, we have completed the tour of Spotfire visualizations that we began in Chapter 2, Visualize This!. You've covered quite a lot in this chapter, learning how to use the Cross Table to create dynamic pivots and cross tabulations; the Combination Chart to superimpose categorical information and trends; the Box Plot to create a statistically rigorous plot that retains full interactivity with other visualizations; the Summary Table for easy display of descriptive statistics; the Heat Map and its companion, dendrogram hierarchical clustering engine, as powerful tools for visualizing complex multidimensional data; and the Parallel Coordinate Plot as a good tool for exploring patterns in multidimensional data.

You've learned how to apply custom expressions directly to visualization properties and how to slice and dice visualizations using hierarchy nodes, understanding in the process the difference between calculated columns and custom expressions.

You've learned how to annotate...