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Designing Dashboards: Sending Your Style Vibe

by Tricia Aanderud • January 21, 2017 • Comments Off

OK I admit it, I’m a font geek.If I visit a website with a gross font, I don’t go back. It’s true. Want me to adore you? Send me an email in my favorite font – it will impress me. It communicates your style vibe and if we are on the same wavelength, then you must be adorable!!

Style is what makes users want to look …

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SAS Visual Analytics: Design Versus Reality

by Tricia Aanderud • October 5, 2016 • Comments Off

Recently, Alan Hjemsted Muller from Denmark contacted me with some additional ideas about he had with solving dashboard issues. He provided a gorgeous dashboard that is used in the Elsinore Municipality.

This dashboard (in Danish) – it is about a kindergarten. He offered to send it in English but I like it in Danish. It allows you to focus more on the design because your eyes are …

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Need a Dynamic X-Axis with Your SAS Visual Analytics Report?

by Tricia Aanderud • July 31, 2016 • Comments Off

I like to read the SAS Visual Analytics area of SAS Communities site. From the site I have overcome issues I had as well as learned other ways to think how you can solve common issues. As many long time SAS users know – there’s always more than one way to accomplish something with SAS! Recently, as user was asking how to expand parameters to create a …

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Planning Your Dashboard

by Tricia Aanderud • June 6, 2016 • Comments Off

A dashboard starts with planning. In my last post, we talked about gauges and when you want to use them. In this post, we will apply the gauges to a dashboard. Gauges cannot live by themselves – they need supporting information. It must be clear how the information supports the gauges. I’ll use the same dashboard but with some different gauges. You can determine what worked …

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Where in the World is SAS Visual Analytics?

by Tricia Aanderud • February 9, 2016 • Comments Off

I get a lot of inquiries about the SAS Visual Analytics geo-mapping features. Typically, customers are interested in knowing how specific the plotting can get. Many are concerned that the product is focused mainly in the US and thus probably doesn’t go any deeper – but that’s not true. In this post I’ve assembled landmarks from around the world to give you an idea of …

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Building a Dashboard in 5 Easy Steps

by Tricia Aanderud • September 7, 2015 • Comments Off

Dashboards help users understand if a process or project is running smoothly. Typically, metrics are centered on some performance aspect, such as tactical objectives, time lines, or quality result. Keep in mind, the information does not present the next level of detail, which is what or why events are happening.

Dashboard Types

Dashboards be divided into two categories: Management and Operational. These categories are based on the …

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Common Questions about SAS Visual Analytics

by Tricia Aanderud • September 7, 2015 • Comments Off

For the past two weeks I’ve been updating the SAS Visual Analytics Quick Start program. When I talk to customers about this program I highlight how Zencos does the heavy lifting (installation, configuration, and light administration), while the customer gets to have the fun of playing with the tool and learning how to create some kick-ass data visualizations. Within a few weeks, we can have your …

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