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meaningful visualization in focus
The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.
Ben Shneiderman
Our summary of the DSAG Convention 2022, Leipzig, Germany
At long last, we were there! After a three-year hiatus, SAP users met for their annual congress over 11-13 October in the picturesque and historic city of Leipzig. It was fantastic to finally meet in-person, …
mehr erfahrenWhy Faking It is Sometimes Harder Than Making It
One of the biggest challenges faced by BI visualisation SASS companies is having ‘good-looking data’ to demonstrate the powers and capabilities of a dashboard. This means that the charts and graphs generated by a demo …
mehr erfahrenMy heroes of dataviz (4/5): Edward Tufte – the information design Guru
Edward Tufte has been publishing about meaningful information design for almost 40 years. The New York Times even calls him the “Leonardo da Vinci of data”.
Edward Tufte – the informations design Guru
Yet Edward …
mehr erfahrenComeback of the graphomate extensions for Microsoft 365
The day has finally arrived: Our graphomate charts and matrix are available for Microsoft 365. Rely on our dream team in Excel and PowerPoint to visualize your data and benefit from the functionalities of these …
mehr erfahrenMy DataViz heroes (3/5): Willard C. Brinton – the unknown pioneer
My first two data visualisation heroes – William Playfair and Florence Nightingale – were famous people. Today I would like to introduce a relatively unknown person: Willard Cope Brinton.
Willard Cope Brinton
Willard C. Brinton …
mehr erfahrenIt’s time for Easter Eggs – Tetris for everbody
There is a long tradition of developers “hiding” small features in their code that will be executed when you click on something supposedly not important or when you reach a game level.
The film “Ready …
mehr erfahrenMy DataViz heroes (2/5): Florence Nightingale – The Lady with the lamp
In the first part of my blog series on my data visualisation heroes, I tackled the rather shady character William Playfair.
If William was the villain before the Lord, the lady who is to be discussed …
My DataViz heroes (1/5): William Playfair – the criminal genius
I had – let’s say – a bit more time on my hands last year. Lecture tours and customer visits were cancelled and our regular webinars were limited to the presentation of our new developments …
mehr erfahrenDashboarding directly on SAP S/4HANA Finance with graphomate (II/II)
In the first part of my blog I talked about the business aspects of an operational dashboard based on S/4HANA Finance. Now you will learn a little bit more technical background.
Picture 1 shows the …
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