Everywhere in ThoughtSpot where you can Auto Analyze with ThoughtSpot, you can also configure a customized SpotIQ analysis. The customized analysis can be a one-time customization or can apply to all future analysis of that particular data source.

Finding customization controls

Every menu or location where you can Auto Analyze with ThoughtSpot, you can also choose Custom Analyze. It looks like this:

Regardless of where you are in the ThoughtSpot UI, the SpotIQ Customize Analysis dialog has the same layout. The columns, of course, are specific to the data you launched the dialog from.

This dialog has three tabs, Included columns, Excluded columns , and Customize Algorithms. The Customize Algorithms is by far the most advanced panel.

The SpotIQ insights page has an option for this dialog and also an option to customize a single analysis.

The Improve Analysis dialog always excludes a value from all future analysis.

Finally, you can also set some analysis options from your user Profile.

You’ll notice only one of these options is actually related to analysis. The others relate to how you receive notifications about SpotIQ operations.

Eliminate null values

Null values should be eliminated from your analysis.

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In the Search bar, add a filter column!= Null to the search bar. Or choose Exclude null values from current analysis, using the Customize algorithms panel.

 Set Exclude null values from my analysis on your user Profile to exclude them from any future SpotIQ analyses you do.

Exclude uninteresting column(s) in insight

You should always exclude columns you are not interested from your analysis.

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Exclude a column using Improve Analysis on a visualization. Or set the value through the Excluded columns tab of the Customize Analysis panel.

 Choose Also exclude from all my future analysis on the Excluded columns tab of the Customize Analysis panel. Alternatively, exclude using the Improve Analysis dialog on an insight that uses the column you want to exclude.

Include an interesting column

You can always includes columns that interest you in your analysis.

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Choose Customize Analysis and select to Include columns that you want to appear.

 Ensure **Index Priority** is between 8-10 on the column through data modeling.

Remove known date outliers

Your data may contain known outliers. For example, you are in the middle of a quarter and only want to analyize the previous quarter. Anything from the present quarter could contain an outlier.

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In the Search bar, add a filter date< last time period to the search bar.

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Too few insights

Your SpotIQ analysis may not provide you as many insights as you think it should.

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Choose Customize Analysis and Customize algorithms Decrease the Multiplier for Outlier Detection to a value closer to zero.

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