Seasonality at the Speed of Thought
An innovative way to see seasonality from the University of Maryland.
Seasons don’t only occur in nature. Episodic conditions influence decisions of all kinds: changes in the weather impact supply chains, fast fashion trends drive product decisions, and sentiment can influence marketing tactics. A team from the University of Maryland invented a cool way to understand seasonality in data in our latest hackathon.
Their submission, the “Seasonality Mod,” won with its elegance. It dynamically colors a line chart by seasons instantly by moving a slider. See it at work below—I choose “3” to see quarters; “6” to see 6-months; “12” to see years. Discrete colors make each period pop.
The Seasonality Mod, by the University of Maryland.
Mods are much more than custom visualizations. They modify the Spotfire engine like you modify a gaming engine. By extending the engine, you unlock possibilities by mixing in other visualizations, machine learning models, and real-time data. Watch the video below to watch it at work with avocado sales data:
Gapingvoid reminds us that you do your best work by getting people to do theirs. We designed Mods with this in mind, and Team Terps gives us a great example. Congratulations!
Learn more and explore other Mods at www.tibco.com/mods.
