LMCP1582

Data Vizualization
By:
Dr. Ely Salwana Mat Surin
Institute of IR4.0, UKM
For data to be useful to humans, we
must be able to visualize it in a way
that lets us understand the story it
tells and communicate it to others.
 • Every data visualization tool is expected to transform unfathomable
data into eye-pleasing charts and graphs and let them convey the
hidden message in the data to the business users and analysts.
• Rather, a tool must also have the capability to analyze, process and
present the data in a digestible manner.
• The tool must be efficient in creating understandable data reports and
dashboards by assimilating and aggregating massive and complex
data from different sources.
What is • The tool must be so designed that every user, regardless of their
needed in a background and skill set can learn to use it like any other software or
application used daily.

good tool? • A tool must focus on being an interactive self-service analytics,

development, and visualization tool. This is unlike the traditional
enterprise-wide, IT-developed software which can only be used by a
small group of technical users. A tool should give entry-level users the
capability to use it efficiently and gain insights into big data.
• Filtering, processing, and slicing-dicing of big data should be easy.
• A tool must provide enough features for collaboration and insight
sharing within and outside the organization.
• The visualizations must be plenty and intuitive for any technical or
non-technical user to understand it and draw meaningful insights
from it.
 • Power BI
• Tableau
• QlikSense
• Dundas BI
Analytics Tools
• Infogram
for Data • Google charts
Visualization • Looker
• Paraview
• Excel
 Power BI
• Cloud-based business analytics service from Microsoft that enables
anyone to visualize and analyze data, with better speed and efficiency.
• A powerful as well as a flexible tool for connecting with and analyzing a
wide variety of data.
• Indispensable for data-science-related work.
• Power BI’s ease of use comes from the fact that it has a drag and drop
interface.
• Perform tasks like sorting, comparing and analyzing, very easily and
fast.
• Compatible with multiple sources, including Excel, SQL Server, and
cloud-based data repositories which makes it an excellent choice for
Data Scientists.
• Steps-by-steps using Power BI
 Tableu

• Tableau is a data analytics and visualization tool used widely in the industry
today. Many businesses even consider it indispensable for data-science-
related work.
• Tableau's ease of use comes from the fact that it has a drag and drop
interface. This feature helps to perform tasks like sorting, comparing and
analyzing, very easily and fast.
• Tableau is also compatible with multiple sources, including Excel, SQL
Server, and cloud-based data repositories which makes it an excellent
choice for Data Scientists.
• Steps-by-steps using Tableu
 Qlicksense

• QlikSense is a complete data analytics platform that sets the

benchmark for a new generation of analytics. With its one-of-a-
kind associative analytics engine, sophisticated AI, and high
performance cloud platform.
• Steps-by-steps using Qlicksense
• Data visualization with Qlicksense
 • Dundas BI is an enterprise-
level business intelligence,
data analytics and
dashboard software for
building and using
interactive dashboards,
reports, scorecards, and
more.
• There are different types of
views in Dundas BI that all
display data using data
visualizations which are
connected to metric sets.

Dundas BI
 Smart Data Interactions - Chart Animated Transitions - Re-Visualizing - Data Brushing -
Dundas BI carefully
Recommendations - Drill down/up, separates out and smoothly Changing any Automatic brushing
Discover more changing aggregation transitions different kinds of visualization into any allows users to see
insights with level (instead of changes: changes to data other visualization of where the same data
point positions and colors
visualizations that drilling down on a based on values, chart type choice is a matter of is represented in
are dynamically set specific year, view changes, changes to axis a simple click and another visualization
and recommended the entire chart at reference points, and selection. Users can instantly when
advanced interactions such
based on your data the month level), as drill down, drill up, opt to view the data moving the mouse
selections. sorting, filtering, changing level, filtering, in a bar chart, re- over it or interacting
zoom in/out, sorting, grouping, and visualize it to a map with it on a tablet.
zooming in or out to allow
grouping and viewers to better and more visualization and Identifying
expanding are easily visually understand changes then to a table as relationships and
available from the to data points when doing they see fit for their related performance
any kind of analysis. Dundas
right click context BI also staggers changes to a data and needs. points becomes an
menu and don't series of data points to easier task when
require any IT reduce the number of your data responds
movements viewers see at
assistance for setup. any one time. to your actions.
Learn infogram

Infogram
 Google charts

• Google Charts is a pure JavaScript based charting library meant to enhance web
applications by adding interactive charting capability. Google Charts provides wide variety
of charts.
• Google Charts is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-
supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in
JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart.
• How to Google charts?
• Try it!
 Looker

• Looker is an intuitive Big Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform offered by
Google. Looker provides extendable functionality for both large and small teams allowing
them to discover critical data-backed insights and build reports in seconds. Looker provides
robust sharing and collaboration features. It also helps teams store and protect the data in
an operable knowledge base which can be used for better decision-making.
• More about Looker!
Looker
 Paraview

• ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization

application. ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their
data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be
done interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView’s batch processing
capabilities.
• ParaView was developed to analyze extremely large datasets using distributed
memory computing resources. It can be run on supercomputers to analyze
datasets of petascale size as well as on laptops for smaller data, has become an
integral tool in many national laboratories, universities and industry, and has
won several awards related to high performance computation.
• Steps-by-steps using Paraview
 Excel

• In Excel, charts are used to make a graphical representation of any set of

data. A chart is a visual representation of the data, in which the data is
represented by symbols such as bars in a Bar Chart or lines in a Line Chart.
Excel provides you with many chart types and you can choose one that suits
your data or you can use the Excel Recommended Charts option to view
charts customized to your data and select one of those.
• Steps-by-steps using Excel
Tableau vs Qlik Sense vs Power BI
 Visualization Capabilities
• Power BI: It is an easy-to-use platform which enables users to import
data from varied sources and use it with charts, graphs, tables
to visualize it. It has been regarded as “the simplest to use tool among
the leading BI vendors” by Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Business
Intelligence and Analytics Platform (2018). It supports data
integration from various sources like Hadoop, on-premise files, or
Tableau vs Qlik cloud-based sources.
• Qlik Sense: It is a self-service analytics tool with an in-memory data
Sense vs storage engine. It provides good visualizations which are dynamic due
to the in-memory engine. Data is linked to creating associations
Power BI which updates the visualizations as soon as data behind them is
updated at the source. Meanwhile, users can keep on exploring and
working on the dashboard.
• Tableau: Tableau is known for its perfect graphics and visualization
capabilities. Along with this, it is easy-to-use software. It enables data
integration from varied sources. Also, it can take data in-memory or
access it directly from the source if files are large to accommodate in-
memory. It was regarded as “Most attractive and intuitive
visualization tool” by Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Business
Intelligence and Analytics Platform (2018).
Tableau vs Qlik Sense
vs Power BI
Advances Analytics Capabilities
• Power BI: It supports R language-based
visualizations. Also, it provides advanced features
such as forecasting, clustering and decision trees.
• Qlik Sense: It does not support R or Python-based
objects. However, Qlik promises to provide
language support in the coming versions. You can
use features such as regressions, clustering, and
predictive analytics via API connections to third-
party apps.
• Tableau: It provides fully integrated support for R
and Python. Also, it has in-built tools for clustering
and forecasting.
 Tableau vs Qlik Sense vs Power BI

Cloud Capability
• Power BI: It is compatible with Microsoft Azure which offers cloud-software called “Cloud-
first”. If you wish to leverage the cloud capabilities on a desktop, you need to have a cloud
account in order to share insights and visualizations on the cloud.
• Qlik Sense: It offers a SaaS cloud product. Although, users prefer the server version.
• Tableau: Tableau is compatible with robust cloud platforms such as Microsoft
Azure, Amazon Web Services etc. You can use Tableau’s cloud capabilities either through a
Tableau managed cloud system or through a third-party cloud platform.
 Pricing
• Power BI: Microsoft Power BI services cost about
$9.99 per user per month.
• Qlik Sense: For the enterprise version, the price is
Tableau vs Qlik $15,000 for one token. It grants 10 timed login passes
and unlimited use for one user. For the cloud version,
Sense vs Power the prices are $20 for a single user and then $25 per
user for multiple users.

BI • Tableau: Tableau charges for different services are,

• For Tableau Desktop Personal $35 user/month.
• For Tableau Desktop Professional
$70user/month.
• Tableau Server $35 user/month.
• Tableau Online $42 user/month.
Tableau vs Qlik Sense
vs Power BI
Storage Limits
• Power BI: The subscription limits allow total
storage of 10GB cloud storage for data.
Additional charges are applied if you want to
expand the data storage capacity.
• Qlik Sense: The Qlik Sense Cloud Business
subscription limits allow 500GB of cloud
storage of data per workgroup.
• Tableau: The online subscription offers a total of
100GB data storage on the cloud.
Conclusion
• Thus, declaring one tool as the best for big
data visualization is a tough task as all of
them have something unique to offer and
are developed to serve a particular
purpose. However, here I have managed to
come up with three potential tools which
are better than the others when it comes to
big data visualization. I hope the
explanation provided by me will help you in
deciding the best tool serving your needs
best.
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