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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Srinath Perera <[email protected]> wrote:

> In #2, I mean to say we will go and choose two columns in the table as X
> and Y axis. E.g. In the plot, I have used year as the X axis and GDP as the
> Y axis.
>
> --Srinath
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Srinath Perera <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Currently to visualize the data, users have to write their own gadgets.
>> If a advanced user this is OK, but not for all. Specially, things like
>> drill downs need complicated planning.
>>
>> I believe it is possible to start with data in tabular form, and write a
>> generic Gadget that let user configure and create his own data chart with
>> filters and drill downs.
>>
>> Chart could look like following ( some of the controls can be hidden
>> under configure button)
>>
>> ​
>> Lets work though an example.
>>
>> 1) Key idea is that we load data to the Gadget as a table (always).
>> Following can be a example data.
>>     *Country* *Year* *GDP* *Population* *LifeExpect*  Sri Lanka 2004 20
>> 19435000 73  Sri Lanka 2005 24 19644000 73  Sri Lanka 2006 28 19858000 73  
>> Sri
>> Lanka 2007 32 20039000 73
>> 2) When Gadget is loaded, it shows the data as a table. User can select
>> and add a data type and fields.  Following are some example.
>>
>>    1. Line - two Numerical  fields
>>    2. Bar - one numerical, one categorical field
>>    3. Scatter - two numerical fields
>>    4. Map - Location field + categorical or numerical field
>>    5. Graph - two categorical or string fields that provide links
>>
>>
>> 3) Let user add more information to the chart using other fields in the
>> table
>>
>>    1. Add  color (Categorical field) or shade (numerical field) to the
>>    plot (e.g. Use different color for each country)
>>    2. Point Size - Numerical field (e.g. Adjust the point size in the
>>    scatter plot according to the population)
>>    3. Label - any field
>>
>> 4) Then he can add filters based on a variable. Then the chart will have
>> sliders (for numerical data) and tick buttons (for categorical data). When
>> those sliders are changed they will change the chart.
>>
>> 5) Final step is define drill downs. Drill downs are done using two
>> columns in the table that has hierarchical relationships. (e.g. Country and
>> State fields, Year and month fields) . We need users to select two of those
>> fields and tell us about relationships and then we can code the support of
>> drill downs.
>>
>> When above steps are done, user save configs and save it in the DataViz
>> store as a visualisation, so others can pull it and use it.
>>
>> This will not cover all cases, but IMO it will cover 80% and also a very
>> good tool for demos etc.
>>
>> Please comment
>>
>> --Srinath
>>
>>
>>
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>
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