BI, Big Data, Data Analytics, and Data Visualization

SQH12 Business Intelligence Barista: What DataViz Tool to Use, and When?

11/19/2015

1:30pm - 2:45pm

Level: Intermediate

Jen Stirrup

Industry Analyst / Author

Choosing a data visualization tool is like being a barista serving coffee: everyone wants their data, their way, personalized, fast, and perfect. Many organizations have a cottage industry of data visualization tools, and it's difficult to know what tool to use, and when. Different tools exist in different departments, and if it doesn't meet the user requirements, the default position is to go back to Excel and move the data around there.

This session will examine data visualization tools such as SSRS Excel, Tableau, QlikView, Datazen, Kibana and PowerBI, in order to craft and blend your data visualization tools to serve your data customers better.