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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.
Ben Shneiderman
graphomate charts: an overview – the magic is in the details (1/2)
After I had published a first video before Christmas, now it is time for some detail information about our graphomate charts addon for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio.
It’s incredible: two months without a post in …
mehr erfahrengraphomate: finally … gift-giving Christmas time!
Alright, the year comes to an end and everybody eases up. One last post of mine in 2013, because there is news. The most important thing at first: grapomate charts 2.0 are available as an add-on for …
mehr erfahrenDesign Studio: CubeServ offers commentary solution
Meaningful visualizations are important! But, however, messages and commentaries of the figures are also of high importance for understanding the company’s current situation. Our partner CubeServ now provides a commentary solution for Design Studio.
SAP BusinessObjects Design …
mehr erfahrenVisualization: A chart that fumbles with numbers – nothing more
Last week, I stumbled upon this chart. I went ballistic, because the “game plan” is a fumble. Let me try to tackle the problems:
First of all, the vertical lines in the background make no …
mehr erfahrenEvents: the tortured shambler
September and October are the same every year: packed with events. I feel a bit like the “tortured shambler” from the picture above: way too long (overnight) train journey, many people in big convention centers …
mehr erfahrenNews: graphomate charts certified by SAP!
Our addon”graphomate charts” for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio has been certified last week – we achieved this for SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius) three years ago.
The last two months were extremely exciting for …
mehr erfahrenVizualisation: the bikini chart
It is hot, real hot, so the bikini once more enjoys great popularity. A good time to take a closer look at the Bikini Chart.
A blog post on the eagereyes website from last year, …
mehr erfahrenSUCCESS – the “E” stands for “Enable
I am very pleased to welcome Gregor Große-Bölting as the co-author of this blog and as a developer at graphomate. In this article he writes about his insights at the “SUCCESS” customer days by Rolf …
mehr erfahrenVisualization: depressive diagrams
This infographic taken from the German newspaper “Die Welt kompakt” did cause me some mental stress. It tries to explain who actually earns money with depressions – the pharmaceutical industry. Take a look at my …
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