graphomate blog

How can HICHERT®SUCCESS be implemented in SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius)? Well, in Xcelsius this is made possible very easy by graphomate for a long time now, and soon, by the …weiterlesen

„Everything is so beautifully colorful here.“  German punk icon Nina Hagen sang this song at the end of the 70s and referred to color TV. Some producers of dashboards still try to comply with this …weiterlesen

In my opinion, there are only some good books on the subject of visualization and infographics. The most recent one is written by Alberto Cairo: “the functional art – an introduction to information graphics and visualization”. …weiterlesen

I had the pleasure to roam about Madrid last month as I was attending the SAP TechEd, trying to keep myself informed about the newest developments at SAP. My hotel only offered Spanish newspapers as …weiterlesen

It was pretty quiet here the last few months: too much going on, not enough spare time! That will change again. Now I am proud to announce the first guest post on this blog. …weiterlesen

In my last post I announced that I would analyze the – how shall I call it – maybe “the worst chart in the world”. Here it is: the origination process from a visual loser …weiterlesen

Donald MacCormick – long-time -Xcelsius aficionado at Business Objects and now Chief Product and Marketing Officer at antivia – has recently published an article about „Effective Visual Design” and its meaning for Dashboards. According to …weiterlesen