Why use advanced data visualizations to display business intelligence information?
Advanced visualizations express data in more meaningful ways than is possible with traditional grids and graphs. Two important facets in visualizations improve data comprehension: • Information presentation. The size, color, and animation of visualizations are based on the data, making it possible to quickly spot exceptions and anomalies. • Information density. Large reports are collapsed into a single visualization, providing a bird’s-eye view of the entire data landscape without the need to scroll through the data. Advanced visualizations let users make more informed decisions by providing timely, relevant, and accurate information to answer their business questions. Analyst Viewpoint Fundamentally, data visualization is nothing new. But in the past year or two, this field has hit its stride as vendors successfully married rich visualization capabilities with practical tools and technologies (e.g., dashboards and event processing). The best data visualization solutions excel at both
