Data Visualization dataviz superpower! Guidelines on using best practice data visualization principles for Power BI, Excel, SSRS, Tableau and other great tools!
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3. Jen Stirrup
• Boutique Consultancy
Owner of Data Relish
• Postgraduate degrees
in Artificial Intelligence
and Cognitive Science
• Twenty year career in
industry
• Author
• http://bit.ly/JenStirrupRD
• http://bit.ly/JenStirrupLinked
In
• http://bit.ly/JenStirrupMVP
• http://bit.ly/JenStirrupTwitter
4. • As a general rule, the most
successful man in life is the
man who has the best
information. (Disraeli, 19th
Century)
8. • The endless cycle of idea and
action,
Endless invention, endless
experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but
not of stillness;
Knowledge of speech, but not of
silence;
..
Where is the wisdom we have lost
in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have
lost in information?
Excerpt from The Rock by TS Eliot (1934)
12. You have to start with the truth. The
truth is the only way that we can get
anywhere. Because any decision-
making that is based upon lies or
ignorance can't lead to a good
conclusion.
Julian Assange, Wikileaks
13. You have to start with the truth. The
truth is the only way that we can get
anywhere. Because any decision-
making that is based upon lies or
ignorance can't lead to a good
conclusion.
Julian Assange, Wikileaks
47. Data Visualisation Background
47
We have the tools. All
we’ve got to
do is imagine what
could be.
We can reinvent the
present;
we can transform the
world around us.
48. 48
Almost 50% of your
brain is dedicated
to visual
processing.
David van Essen
About 70% of your
sensory receptors are in your
eyes.
Researchers found that colour
visuals increase the willingness to
read by 80%
49. Why is Data Visualisation
Important?• It’s clearly a
budget. It has a
lot of numbers in
it. George W
Bush The different branches
of Arithmetic -
Ambition, Distraction,
Uglification, and
Derision. (Lewis
Carroll)
50. • The use of computer-
supported, interactive,
visual representations of
data to amplify cognition.
(Stu Card, Jock Mackinlay
& Ben Shneiderman)
51. • Computer-based visualization
systems provide visual
representations of datasets
intended to help people carry
out some task more
effectively. (Tamara Munzner)
59. BusinessFocus
business intelligence to win the race
businessFocusednobusinessFocused
strategictactical
Innovating Despite
Business
•Cool gadgets
•Buzz Word BI
•Not Actionable
Winning the Race
•Differentiation
•Listening to Customers
•Data Aware
•Actionable Knowledge
“Ticking along”
•Minimum Maintenance
•No New BI Functionality
•Low Adoption
Running on the Spot
•Regurgitation of the
same
•Focus on only known
metrics
•Standing Still
60. Why not just tables?
Zimbabwean inflation rates (official) since independence
Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate Date Rate
1980 7% 1981 14% 1982 15% 1983 19% 1984 10% 1985 10%
1986 15% 1987 10% 1988 8% 1989 14% 1990 17% 1991 48%
1992 40% 1993 20% 1994 25% 1995 28% 1996 16% 1997 20%
1998 48% 1999 56.9% 2000 55.22% 2001 112.1% 2002
198.93
%
2003
598.75
%
2004
132.75
%
2005
585.84
%
2006
1,281.1
1%
2007
66,212.
3%
2008
231,15
0,888.8
7%
(July)
65. Why Data Vis
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Computers have promised us a fountain of wisdom
but delivered a flood of data (Frawley, 1992)
66. Why is Data Visualisation
Important?
• Computers have promised us a
fountain of wisdom but delivered a
flood of data (Frawley, 1992)
• Challenging to understand data on
its own
• Computers as anti-Faraday
machines
67. Why is Data Visualisation
Important?
• Networks allow us unprecedented
access to data
• Creative Thinking about data
• See relationships better
• Visual literacy
76. Perceptual Patterns
Attribute Example Assumption
Spatial
Position
2D Grouping
2D Position
Sloping to the right =
Greater
Form Length
Width
Orientation
Size
Longer = Greater
Higher = Greater
Colour Hue
Intensity
Brighter = Greater
Darker = Greater
77. Perceptual Patterns
Attribute Example Graph Type
Spatial
Position
2D Grouping
2D Position
Line Graph
Form Length
Width
Orientation
Size
Bar Chart
Colour Hue
Intensity
Scatter Chart
88. 88
Different Tools for Different Jobs
88
• Power View • Power Map
▪ Highly Visual Design Experience
▪ Power View is an interactive, ad hoc, query and
visualization experience.
▪ It is for business question ‘mystery’ solving
▪ Power Map is a new 3D visualization add-in for
Excel helping you to analyse geographical and
temporal data
– Mapping
– Exploring
– Interacting
94. Pre-attentive Attributes
Attribute Example Assumption
Spatial
Position
2D Grouping
2D Position
Sloping to the right =
Greater
Form Length
Width
Orientation
Size
Longer = Greater
Higher = Greater
Colour Hue
Intensity
Brighter = Greater
Darker = Greater
95. Pre-attentive Attributes
Attribute Example Graph Type
Spatial
Position
2D Grouping
2D Position
Line Graph
Form Length
Width
Orientation
Size
Bar Chart
Colour Hue
Intensity
Scatter Chart
102. Cognitive Integration
• Building an understanding of the graph
• Eye Path going from cluster to cluster, rather than cluster to legend
(Ratwani, 2008)
107. Find Patterns in your data
• Demo – Sparklines
• What did we learn?
• Making patterns in small spaces
Session Code | Session Title
107
108. Tables
Tables work best when the data presentation:
• Is used to look up individual values
• Is used to compare individual values
• Requires precise values
• Values involve multiple units of measure.
113. Summary
• SSRS can help businesses to implement business
performance management
– Based on sound Business Intelligence principles
– SSRS provides data visualisation components that are
consistent with best practice
– However, some components are not
• There are different types of Dashboards, to cover
different purposes
115. IT Oriented
Structured Reporting
Business Oriented
Click as you Think AnalysisGuided Analysis
Reporting Services
PerformancePoint Services Report Builder
Power View
Excel
PowerPivot
116. Colour
• 2D representation is better (Few, 2009)
• brighter and darker colours = higher values
Colour usage:
• to highlight
• to encode quantity
• grouping items as well
118. Cognitive Integration
• Building an understanding of the graph
– Eye Tracking Studies
• Eye Path going from cluster to
cluster, rather than cluster to legend
(Ratwani, 2008)