In December 2017, SAS Visual Analytics 8.2 was recently released along with some fantastic functionality. Here’s the seven features that I find useful.
1 – Autosave and Auto Recovery
I’ve made the mistake of walking away from a browser se…
Tag: visual analytics
Creating a Web Analytics Report in SAS Visual Analytics 8.1
Recently I was asked to create a Web Analytics dashboard on spec. I decided to use the latest version SAS Visual Analytics 8.1 so I could review the new features. When we wrote the Introduction to SAS Visual Analytics book, we were using beta versions of the application. Here’s some of the process I used while working on creating the Web Analytics report.
Getting the Right …
This post appeared first on BI Notes for SAS Software Users. Go to the site to subscribe or view more content.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
What’s your next move? (analytics for a chess tournament)
The NC Scholastic Chess Championship is coming up this weekend, and my buddy Michael Thomas asked if I might could create a few graphs to help analyze the event data. How could I pass up an opportunity like that?!?! Read along, and find out what graphs…
Designing Dashboards: Sending Your Style Vibe
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 …
This post appeared first on BI Notes for SAS Software Users. Go to the site to subscribe or view more content.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Need a Dynamic X-Axis with Your SAS Visual Analytics Report?
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 …
This post appeared first on BI Notes for SAS Software Users. Go to the site to subscribe or view more content.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Why Dashboard Gauges aren’t as Bad as You Think
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 …
This post appeared first on BI Notes for SAS Software Users. Go to the site to subscribe or view more content.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SAS Visual Analytics: Modern Theme Vs Classic Theme
At the SAS Global Forum 2016 the SAS Viya platform was announced and part of the platform was SAS Visual Analytics and SAS Visual Statistics converting to the HTML5 interface. Noticeable changes were that the Designer and the Explorer have merged into …
SAS Visual Analytics: Bubble Plots for Less Toil and Trouble
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 …
This post appeared first on BI Notes for SAS Software Users. Go to the site to subscribe or view more content.
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]