Tag: data visualization

Why Dashboard Gauges aren’t as Bad as You Think

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Dashboard gauges were once the darling of the executive suite. Some designer took inspiration from a car dashboard and its gauges. A gauge is useful because it tells us how fast we are going or how much gas is in the tank. My newer model dashboard still has gauges but it also states how many miles until empty. That information is more useful than knowing how much gas is in the …

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SAS Visual Analytics: Bubble Plots for Less Toil and Trouble

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You cannot research bubble plots from any data visualization expert without reading a reference to the Hans Rosling’s Ted Talk Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset. It may have been the first time a bubble plot gained a mainstream appeal noted Stephen Few in his Show Me the Numbers book. Rosling provided an intense amount of information in one data visualization and he changed my mindset. Here’s some …

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Where in the World is SAS Visual Analytics?

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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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3 Methods to Remove Data from the HDFS VAPUBLIC Directory

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When working with HDFS, you are often loading data to the various directories to upload into SAS Visual Analytics. However, sometimes you want to remove that data. Here’s three different ways to remove the data.

Method 1: Use the SAS VA Administrator Tools

If you have access to the Manage Environment area, you can use the Explore HDFS tab to interact with the data in the HDFS. You …

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Visualizing the 500 biggest corporations in the US

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Every year, Fortune magazine compiles a list of the 500 largest US corporations – called the Fortune 500. Their list was a bit difficult to digest in text-form, so I thought I’d try using some maps & graphs on the data … For a map analysis, I thought it would […]

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Visual Analytics: 3 Tips for Brilliant Bubbles in Your Geospatial Data

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I like bubble charts – even though they get a lot flack for being difficult to understand. These charts can pack a lot of data into a few variables. I agree the charts can be difficult for layperson to understand but it doesn’t seem true for the geo bubble maps. Possibly it’s because the user sees the map and understands its related to location. Here’s …

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Building a Dashboard in 5 Easy Steps

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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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SAS VA: Does Your Data Visualization have a Takeaway?

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All the nice data visualizations in the world are worthless without a takeaway. The takeaway may be an insight about a process, a confirmation of what you thought, or lead the viewer to a way to improve a situation.  In our paper, Tactical Marketing with SAS® Visual Analytics, Hans Pasion, 89 Degrees, and I discuss how SAS Visual Analytics was used to provide all three about loyalty customers. In …

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