Data Management Visualization Solutions Data management is a core component to handling business data and information, including sales, inventory, profit and loss, expenses, finances, employee information, and much more. Visualization solutions help produce quick, efficient, and effective ways to see what is going on. They can include various charts, progress bars, comparison graphics, and more in a way that everyone can understand. Graphical charts better describe data analytics for just about any report and will help project future predictions through calculated illustrations. Here is a breakdown of key visualization solutions that are commonly used in the workplace.
Pie Charts The name describes it well. Pie charts look like pies with various slices of color. They are commonly used for sales category profits, employee productivity results, categorical expenses, etc. This type of illustration represents slices of various sizes that correlate with a percentage of the total. For instance, the electronics category sales produced 33% profit so 1/3 of the pie chart is one slice that is color coded for that category and shows 33%. This particular chart shows what categories of sales produced high profits compared to others that produced less profits in the total profits generated. Pie charts are designed for general category use to avoid any complexity and confusion from having a messy, compacted chart. They only provide a portion of the big picture but may target the information you need for a given purpose. They are usually less than 6 categories.
Bar Charts Bar charts are a common interface for data management applications, designed to present categorical information for comparison in a horizontal or vertical graph. They generally have two axes going different directions, where one is listing categories and the other is listing the subject of each category.
For instance, the vertical axis shows expense categories like electric, water, sewer, postal, freight, payroll, telephone, and auto while the vertical axis shows incremented values. Each horizontal axis includes a graphical bar measuring out to the correct expense value, which allows a visual comparison between categories. The bars will vary in length and make for easier viewing of what stands out and cost the most, as well as what doesn’t. Typically, bars are different colors to easily separate categories, but that is not always the case.
User Interfaces A user interface is basically a graphical menu that is designed for business software. It provides user-customized operation for any applications that function within it. Drop-down options, clickable icons, navigational buttons, and user input boxes are typically used within a graphical interface. Employees who have permission to use select applications and options can click buttons and select items through this visual frame. The purpose is to make functionality easy versus having to type commands directly. With an interface, a user can pull up structured data information and also produce visual graphs like the ones previously mentioned.
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