Tag: visualization

Feed: What's New. Author: Courtney Jacobsen. With study guides, on-demand trainings, instructor-led training and eLearning, and a passionate community—learning Tableau is a collaborative process that you can directly apply to your existing job. We spoke with community members who have taken trainings and certification exams to gather their recommendations for those interested in doing the same. The tips and suggestions below come from people who have passed their exam(s), but regardless of their test results, these data people learned about the preparation process, the structure of the certification exams, and the value it brings. Get hands-on with the exam prep ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Jorge Castanon. Ancient ruins are sometimes discovered after long years investigating regions of the world covered by dense jungle or giant forests. The feeling of an archaeologist at that moment of discovery gives a window into the feeling data scientists often have when getting a view of their data — through visualizations — that clarifies a key aspect of the analysis. Ancient ruins are sometimes discovered after long years investigating regions of the world covered by dense jungle or giant forests. The feeling of an archaeologist at that moment of discovery ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Conor Knowles, Mary Grace Glascott. Luke Stapleton, the analytical platform manager at nib group, did not want to undertake a big DevOps project when planning the insurance company’s cloud analytics journey. The team chose Snowflake as its cloud data warehouse because it proved to have everything the company needed out-of-the-box. It easily complimented the company’s existing cloud infrastructure, quickly processed its significantly large volumes of data, and flexibly scaled up and out depending on the needs of the business. Another important factor when choosing Snowflake was the ability to support nib group’s Tableau deployment, which had ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Cindy Wang. Time-series decomposition is an important technique for time series analysis, especially for seasonal adjustment and trend strength measurement. Decomposition deconstructs a time series into several components, with each representing a certain pattern or characteristic. This post shows you how to use SAS® Visual Analytics to visually show the decomposition of a time series so that you can understand more about its underlying patterns. Characteristics of time series decomposition Time series decomposition generally splits a time series into three components: 1) a trend-cycle, which can be further decomposed into trend and cycle components; 2) seasonal; ... Read More

Feed: Cambridge Intelligence. Author: Michael Barlow. Part 1: visualizing blocks of transactionsWhether it’s Bitcoin’s value fluctuations, million-dollar hacks, the launch of new currencies or stories of regulators grappling with a brave new world, barely a week passes without cryptocurrencies hitting the headlines.While governments and banks still dislike the concept of digital currencies, there’s a huge business opportunity. Compared to traditional fiat currencies, decentralized cryptocurrencies offer a secure, low-cost way to transfer funds anywhere in the world. They’re widely regarded as the future of finance, so it’s no wonder people want to learn more.This blog is the first of two posts ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Laura Ellis. WHAT IS IT? Magick is a package available in R that allows you to very easily work with images and animations. Jeroen Ooms is the genius behind the package. WHY IS IT AWESOME? Example graph with an animation. Produced using the magick package in R. It’s, awesome because it comes in handy every time that I want to work with images or animations within R. It allows for image and animation manipulation, creation and combination. The best part is that it’s so easy! I’ve put minimal effort into understanding this package and I’ve been able ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. As communities around the world grow, traffic congestion problems increase. Cities and states in addition to regional authorities face decisions around how to modernize, maintain, and budget for upgrades to their transportation network to improve the quality of life and safety of their residents.Congestion itself is not the problem, but rather a sign of a city’s prosperity. Economic growth, job creation, and increased mobility are outcomes of a healthy city, state, or region. So as congestion becomes a way of life, how do transportation officials prioritize decisions and measure the results ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Ryan Sleeper. Cognitive load is the amount of work that you and your end users must do to process a visualization. You should always be trying to reduce the burden on your audience and make it as easy as possible to find insights. One common pitfall with the use of color is double-encoding. Double-encoding happens whenever the same breakdown is used to encode the marks in two different ways. When a chart with double-encoding is used in a vacuum (i.e. by itself with no other charts), it increases the cognitive load on your end users. Let’s ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . This blog post covers the latest updates for the Power BI Developer community. Don’t forget to check out our last developer blog post, if you haven’t done so already. Here is the list of updates for this month: Embedded analytics AUTOMATION & LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT Track Power BI content consumption with audit logs Query caching for embedded reports and dashboards EMBED CAPABILITIES Sort visuals using an API is now available Filters APIs now supports Top N filter type Power BI Visuals Platform About feature Come and meet us! AUTOMATION & LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT ... Read More

Feed: Radar. Author: Mac Slocum. Attend the Strata Data Conference in New York, September 23-26 to learn how ML, AI, and data are converging. The Strata Data Conferences helped chronicle the birth of big data, as well as the emergence of data science, streaming, and machine learning (ML) as disruptive phenomena. Strata attracts the leading names in the fields of data management, data engineering, analytics, ML, and artificial intelligence (AI). For nearly a decade, it’s provided a venue for developers, data and ML engineers, data architects, data scientists, and others to acquire or hone skills, explore provocative ideas, and network ... Read More