Data Visualization and Chart Types



Reporting :

Process of organizing data into informational summaries.

  • Reporting shows what has happened.
  • Analysis focusses on explaining why it has happened and what you can do about it.
Business Intelligence :

Refers to the technologies, applications, practices for the collection, integration, analysis and presentation of business information.
BI systems provide historical, current, and predictive views of business operations.

Benefits -
  • Identify ways to increase profit
  • Analyse customer behaviour
  • Compare data with the competitors
  • Track performance
  • Optimize operations
  • Predict success
  • Spot market trends
Data Visualization :


  • Example BI tools - Power BI, Tableau
  • Graphical representation of information and data
  • Visual elements like graph, chart, maps used
  • Data visualization tools enable to spot and understand outliers, trends and patterns in data
  • Common forms of visualization - Bar and columns charts, Treemap, Scatter , Line charts, Matrix, Key influencers, Filled map


                                                            Bar and columns charts

                                                                            Line charts

Matrix




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