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Who is Quintus?

Quintus consultants b.v. is a dynamic enterprise with

highly educated project leaders and consultants. We

ensure that we understand your business and issues

well, before presenting and, if required, implementing

solutions.

Quintus focuses primarily on:

• Visual analyses based on Spotfire®

and other BI solutions

• Project Management

• Feasibility studies

• Concrete solutions to real world business problems

Quintus implements a variety of Business Intelligence

products for its clients in a wide range of sectors. The

knowledge of the Quintus consultants is broad and

varied. We will be pleased to help you if you have any

questions relating to analysis or other topics.

Are you interested?

Do you have any further questions?

After reading this brochure you may have further ques-

tions or you may want to see a demo with your own data.

That’s possible! Quintus would be pleased to visit you to

give a demo of the QuintusVisuals. To make an appoint-

ment go to our website at www.quintus.nl and select the

link: “Make an appointment”. We will contact you soon

after, or if you prefer, you can also contact us at our office

with the telephone number and contact information

given below.

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What are the QuintusVisuals

for TIBCO Spotfire®?

A spider plot, also known as a radar plot, is a diagram

in the form of a web that is used to indicate the relative

influence of different parameters. This is usually done

when there are more than three factors that can influen-

ce a result. Spider plots can be used to show the diffe-

rent causes of a problem situation. The factors that have

most influence are mainly located on the periphery of the

web and parameters that have little influence on problem

situations are located at the web’s centre.

A cascade plot shows the make up of a result in a one

phase shift. This is presented as a histogram that shows

the starting and final situations with ascending or des-

cending steps in between. The cascade plot is normally

used to understand how an initial value is influenced by a

series of interim positive or negative values. In this, the

starting and final values are represented by full columns

while the values in between are shown as floating

columns. The columns are colour coded to distinguish

between positive and negative values. A cascade plot

can be used for analytical purposes and in particular for

understanding or explaining the gradual transition of the

quantitative value of an entity that is subject to

increase or decrease.

It can, for example, be used to visualise the profit/loss

account that is produced by the total incomes from diffe-

rent sources in a later decrement of all costs.

Dashboard objects (Speed dial and traffic light)

A dashboard consists of a number of graphs, plots and

tables that are generally financial and reproduce informa-

tion or key performance indicators in a logical, structured

way. A dashboard is also often compared to your car’s

cockpit, which also uses metres, counters and warning

lights to give you a clear overview of your car’s status.

This enables you to see at a glance what the state of

affairs is. The QuintusVisuals provided here make it pos-

sible to build an attractive dashboard in Spotfire® which

gives you a clear overview of your targets and whether

or not they are still attainable. The status of the metres is

shown by using minimum and maximum values (KPI

values) that you have defined in advance.

The QuintusVisuals have been programmed using the

functions in the Spotfire SDK and so are, of course, fully

compatible with the Spotfire application itself.

Why the QuintusVisuals?

The QuintusVisuals are an optimum way to visualise your

data. They give you more options for visualising your data

in multiple views. You gain perspective and understan-

ding of your data. Connecting the dots becomes more

visible that would possibly have remained hidden in your

data otherwise. The QuintusVisuals are fully integrated

and completely compatible with the standard visualisa -

tions that you already know in Spotfire. Every user

within your organisation can easily use QuintusVisuals

without having to take a course. Complimentary, docu-

mentation is provided with each installation for ease of

use and easy usability.

Who are the users

of the QuintusVisuals?

Are you a Spotfire® user? Do you work at a management

level within your organisation and also make decisions

using Spotfire analyses? Do you want to convince your

organisation or your clients of your findings? Are you a

project manager and do you want to know which projects

give you the best returns? In many business choices it is

crucial to have a deep understanding of your data and be

able to visualise it precisely. As the well-known saying

goes, “A picture says a thousand words”.