How Nielsen’s Usability Heuristics Apply to Visual Analytics
Understanding human perception, cognition, and psychology is indispensable when it comes to creating successful visual analytics tools. A psychological element…
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Definitive Guide: Tableau vs. Power BI vs. Oracle Analytics Cloud
Okay, I get it. Searching for “Tableau vs. Power BI” leads to over 25 million results in Google, and that…
3 Tips for Feature Engineering
Feature Engineering is a critical part of any machine learning project. It is the step of the project where subject…
3 Ways to Create Data Connections in Oracle Analytics Cloud
Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) offers a robust set of data connections you can use as an engineer. These range from…
3 Ways to Make Stunning Scatter Plots in Oracle Analytics Cloud
The scatter plot is a chart type that has many uses in visual analytics. They’re used to visualize relationships between…
How to Make a Biggest Movers Chart in Power BI
Biggest movers charts in Power BI are powerful charts that show the performance of dimension members with the largest absolute…
3 Ways to Make Beautiful Bar Charts in Oracle Analytics Cloud
When it comes to comparing discrete categorical values, rarely is there a better choice than the bar chart. Invented by…
How to Insert Custom Images in Power BI Matrix Visuals
Matrix visuals are extremely popular and easy-to-use charts in Power BI. Their familiarity to spreadsheets makes them easy to adopt,…
3 Ways to Make Lovely Line Graphs in Oracle Analytics Cloud
As far as I’m concerned, boring chart types are always in style. The problem-solving principle of Occam’s Razor states that,…
How to Setup Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for Oracle Analytics Cloud
Trying to navigate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for the first time can be an overwhelming experience with all the applications,…
Formatting Tips for Power BI Matrix Visuals
If you’ve ever used Power BI in any capacity, I am confident you’ve come across a report with at least…
Winning the Oracle Analytics Cloud Data Visualization Challenge
What better way to start the year than for the Playfair Data team to have won yet another award! Our…